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Adobe After Effects < 25.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB26-15) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298521

Synopsis

The Adobe After Effects instance installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Adobe After Effects installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 25.6.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the APSB26-15 advisory.

 - Use After Free (CWE-416) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-21320, CVE-2026-21323, CVE-2026-21326, CVE-2026-21329, CVE-2026-21351)

 - Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-21318, CVE-2026-21327, CVE-2026-21328)

 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE-190) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-21321)

 - Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-21322, CVE-2026-21324, CVE-2026-21325)

 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') (CWE-843) potentially leading to Arbitrary code execution (CVE-2026-21330)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Adobe After Effects version 25.6.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a42420e0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298521

File Name: macos_adobe_after_effects_apsb26-15.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/10/2026

Updated: 2/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21351

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:after_effects

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Adobe After Effects, Host/MacOSX/Version, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21318, CVE-2026-21319, CVE-2026-21320, CVE-2026-21321, CVE-2026-21322, CVE-2026-21323, CVE-2026-21324, CVE-2026-21325, CVE-2026-21326, CVE-2026-21327, CVE-2026-21328, CVE-2026-21329, CVE-2026-21330, CVE-2026-21350, CVE-2026-21351

CWE: 125, 190, 416, 476, 787, 843