Adobe Animate version 20.5 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted .fla file in Animate.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)