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Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Sep 8, 2026

Security update available for Adobe Acrobat Reader | APSB26-141

Bulletin ID
Date published
Priority
APSB26-141
September 8, 2026
2
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Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS. This update addresses critical, important, and moderate vulnerabilities that could result in arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, arbitrary file system read, arbitrary file system write, memory exposure, and application denial-of-service.

Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in this update.

Affected Versions

Product
Track
Affected Versions
Platform
Adobe Acrobat
Continuous
26.002.21900 and earlier
Windows & macOS
Acrobat Reader
Continuous
26.002.21900 and earlier
Windows & macOS
Acrobat 2024
Classic 2024
24.001.30383 and earlier
Windows & macOS
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Solution

Adobe recommends users update their software installations to the latest versions by following the instructions below.

The latest product versions are available to end users via one of the following methods:

For IT administrators (managed environments):

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:

Product
Track
Updated versions
Platform
Priority rating
Availability
Adobe Acrobat
Continuous
26.002.21901
Windows and macOS
2
Release Notes
Acrobat Reader
Continuous
26.002.21901
Windows and macOS
2
Release Notes
Acrobat 2024
Classic 2024
24.001.30429
Windows and macOS
2
Release Notes
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Vulnerability Details

Acknowledgements

Adobe would like to thank the following researchers for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Andrea Intilangelo — CVE-2026-80159
  • OmriD-Remedio (omrid) — CVE-2026-81983, CVE-2026-81982
  • Jony (jony_juice) — CVE-2026-79907, CVE-2026-79908
  • Mark Vincent Yason (markyason.github.io) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative — CVE-2026-80161, CVE-2026-81973, CVE-2026-81990, CVE-2026-79909
  • Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative — CVE-2026-81975, CVE-2026-81976, CVE-2026-81981, CVE-2026-81985, CVE-2026-81986, CVE-2026-81988, CVE-2026-81989, CVE-2026-81977, CVE-2026-81984, CVE-2026-81991
  • Ame (raincandy_u) — CVE-2026-81979
  • NoE9ybCAT (qtuvteqhlv) — CVE-2026-81980
  • Brandon Evans of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative — CVE-2026-81987
  • NURIHAN KIM (HanTul) working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative — CVE-2026-80160, CVE-2026-80162, CVE-2026-81978
  • Kiwan Ko working with TrendAI Zero Day Initiative — CVE-2026-79910

Revisions:

  • June 10, 2026 - Updated download center link.
  • June 12, 2026 - Added CVE-2026-47965.
  • June 15, 2026 - Updated researcher credit for CVE-2026-47952.
  • July 17, 2026 - Added CVE-2026-48373.

NOTE: Adobe has a public bug bounty program with Intigriti. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please check out https://app.intigriti.com/programs/adobe/adobepublic/detail.

For more information, visit https://www.adobe.com/trust/security/bug-bounty.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com.

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