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Adobe Connect CVE-2026-34660

| EUVDEUVD-2026-29741 CRITICAL
Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863)
2026-05-12 adobe GHSA-2r54-572f-5p47
9.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: adobe
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Vendor (adobe) PRIMARY
9.3 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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8.2 HIGH

Unauthenticated network XSS-class flaw needing a victim click (UI:R); scope change to the user session (S:C) with high session confidentiality but limited integrity and no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (adobe).

CVSS VectorVendor: adobe

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Analysis Generated
Jul 23, 2026 - 20:05 vuln.today
CVE Published
May 12, 2026 - 18:35 nvd
CRITICAL 9.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Adobe Connect versions 2025.9.15, 2025.8.157 and earlier are affected by an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious scripts into a web page, potentially gaining elevated access or control over the victim's account or session. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must visit a maliciously crafted URL or interact with a compromised web page. Scope is changed.

AnalysisAI

Client-side arbitrary script execution in Adobe Connect (versions 2025.9.15, 2025.8.157 and earlier) lets a remote attacker inject malicious scripts that run in the victim's browser session, enabling account or session takeover. Rooted in an Incorrect Authorization flaw (CWE-863), exploitation requires the victim to click a crafted URL or interact with a compromised page, and the changed scope means the injected code can reach resources beyond the vulnerable component. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is modest at 0.47% (65th percentile), consistent with the CISA SSVC assessment of no observed exploitation.

Technical ContextAI

Adobe Connect is Adobe's web-based conferencing, virtual classroom, and webinar platform delivered through a browser front end. The root cause is CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization): an authorization check that is present but implemented incorrectly, allowing an action or resource access that should have been denied. In practice the description's 'arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user' combined with 'inject malicious scripts into a web page' indicates browser-context script execution (an XSS-class outcome) rather than server-side native code execution. The single CPE, cpe:2.3:a:adobe:adobe_connect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, scopes the flaw to the Adobe Connect application across affected release trains. The changed scope (S:C) reflects that script executing under the authorization failure can affect a security authority or resources distinct from the initially vulnerable component, e.g. the victim's authenticated Connect session.

RemediationAI

Apply the fixed release identified in Adobe Security Bulletin APSB26-50 (https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/connect/apsb26-50.html); patch available per vendor advisory, though an exact fixed version number is not stated in the provided data and should be taken directly from APSB26-50 rather than assumed. Because exploitation depends on a victim following a crafted URL or interacting with a compromised page, compensating controls until patching include user-awareness guidance to avoid untrusted Connect links, restricting Connect access to authenticated/known users and trusted networks, and deploying a Content Security Policy and standard XSS filtering at any reverse proxy or WAF fronting Connect to blunt script injection - noting that a strict CSP can break legitimate Connect embeds or add-ins and should be tested against meeting and recording functionality first. Email/URL filtering that flags externally-sourced Connect links reduces the social-engineering delivery path but may generate false positives on legitimate meeting invitations.

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