CVE-2026-53415 Zoom Clients - Use After Free
A use-after-free flaw in Zoom Clients allows a meeting participant to achieve remote code execution on another participant via network access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-53415?
CVE-2026-53415 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Zoom Clients, published on 11 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53415?
How do I fix CVE-2026-53415?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-53415 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2026-53415 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53415 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fx74-vgv3-72rm.