CVE-2026-53415 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Use after Free in the annotator function of Zoom Clients may allow a meeting participant to achieve remote code execution of another participant via network access.

Published: 2026-08-11

Score: 8.3 High

EPSS: n/a

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Zoom Communications

Zoom Clients

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`see references`	affected	—

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-26017

History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Use after Free in the annotator function of Zoom Clients may allow a meeting participant to achieve remote code execution of another participant via network access.
Title		Zoom Clients - Use After Free
Weaknesses		CWE-416
References		https://www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-26017
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`

Subscriptions

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Zoom

Published: 2026-08-11T15:59:21.186Z

Updated: 2026-08-11T16:53:15.177Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T10:18:05.660Z

Link: CVE-2026-53415

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T16:53:09.000Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-11T16:17:32.833

Modified: 2026-08-11T17:18:03.250

Link: CVE-2026-53415

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-416

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