# CVE-2026-113532: After Effects | Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CWE-22)

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-10. Updated: 2026-11-11.

After Effects is affected by an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary file system read. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access sensitive files and directories outside the intended access scope. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file. Scope is changed.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Adobe / After Effects: ≥ 0; ≤ 26.5 (affected, semver); 26.5.3 (unaffected, semver). Source: CNA: adobe
- Adobe / After Effects: ≥ 0; ≤ 25.6.6 (affected, semver); 27.0 (unaffected, semver). Source: CNA: adobe

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 8.6 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: adobe

- CVSS 3.1: 8.6 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: psirt@adobe.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact total; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html (CNA: adobe; vendor-advisory)

- https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/products/after-effects/apsb26-100.html (psirt@adobe.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: adobe: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-113532; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-113532; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

Revision: c826390edc979c767096e806407db64745aec3bce7b6279debd82c4a9fdd1e92

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-113532

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