Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-34638

High

Published: 12 May 2026

Published
12 May 2026
Modified
13 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0003 10.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-34638 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Adobe Premiere Pro. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Client Execution (T1203); ranked at the 10.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Premiere Pro versions 26.0.2, 25.6.4 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim…

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must open a malicious file.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1204.002 Malicious File Execution
An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution.
Why these techniques?

UAF in client app enables RCE via malicious file opened by user (T1203 + T1204.002).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2026-34636Same product: Adobe Premiere Pro
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CVE-2026-21351Same product: Apple Macos
CVE-2026-34637Same product: Adobe Premiere Pro
CVE-2026-21323Same product: Apple Macos
CVE-2025-21159Same product: Apple Macos
CVE-2026-27276Same product: Apple Macos
CVE-2026-21326Same product: Apple Macos
CVE-2026-21287Same product: Apple Macos

Affected Assets

adobe
premiere pro
≤ 25.6.5 · 26.0 — 26.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References