#202020

Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Mar 11, 2026

Security Updates Available for Adobe Illustrator | APSB26-18

Bulletin ID
Date published
Priority
APSB26-18
March 10, 2026
3
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Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe Illustrator. This update resolves important and critical vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution and memory exposure.

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

Affected versions

Product
Version
Platform
Illustrator 2025
29.8.4 and earlier
Windows
Illustrator 2026
30.1 and earlier
Windows
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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
Illustrator 2025
29.8.5 and above
Windows and macOS
3
Download Page
Illustrator 2026
30.2 and above
Windows and macOS
3
Download Page
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Vulnerability Details

CVE-2026-21333
Vulnerability category: Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426)
Vulnerability impact: Arbitrary code execution
Severity: Critical
CVSS base score: 8.6
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2026-21362
Vulnerability category: Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Vulnerability impact: Arbitrary code execution
Severity: Critical
CVSS base score: 7.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2026-27271
Vulnerability category: Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Vulnerability impact: Arbitrary code execution
Severity: Critical
CVSS base score: 7.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2026-27272
Vulnerability category: Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787)
Vulnerability impact: Arbitrary code execution
Severity: Critical
CVSS base score: 7.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2026-27267
Vulnerability category: Stack-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-121)
Vulnerability impact: Arbitrary code execution
Severity: Critical
CVSS base score: 7.8
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2026-27268
Vulnerability category: Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Vulnerability impact: Memory exposure
Severity: Important
CVSS base score: 5.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE-2026-27270
Vulnerability category: Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
Vulnerability impact: Memory exposure
Severity: Important
CVSS base score: 5.5
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Acknowledgments

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

  • jony_juice -- CVE-2026-21333
  • Francis Provencher (prl) -- CVE-2026-21362, CVE-2026-27267, CVE-2026-27268, CVE-2026-27270, CVE-2026-27271, CVE-2026-27272

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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APSB26-18
CardDescription
Priority 3 Security update
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Adobe
Created
2026-03-10
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search: CVE-2026-21333 CVE-2026-21362 CVE-2026-27271 CVE-2026-27272 CVE-2026-27267 CVE-2026-27268 CVE-2026-27270