Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Jan 13, 2026

Security Updates Available for Adobe Bridge | APSB26-07

Bulletin ID

Date published

Priority

APSB26-07

January 13, 2026

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Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe Bridge. This update addresses a critical vulnerability that could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in these updates.

Affected versions

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe Bridge

15.1.2 (LTS) and earlier versions

Windows and macOS

Adobe Bridge

16.0 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS

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Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version via the Creative Cloud desktop app's update mechanism. For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Version

Platform

Priority

Availability

Adobe Bridge

15.1.3 (LTS)

Windows and macOS

3

Download Page

Adobe Bridge

16.0.1

Windows and macOS

3

Download Page

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Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability category

Vulnerability impact

Severity

CVSS base score

CVSS vector

CVE number

Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)

Arbitrary code execution

Critical

7.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2026-21283

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank the following researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

Francis Provencher (prl) - CVE-2026-21283

NOTE: Adobe has a public bug bounty program. 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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APSB26-07

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Priority 3 Security update

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Created

2026-01-13