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Adobe Security Bulletin

Last updated on Jan 13, 2026

Security Update Available for Adobe InCopy | APSB26-04

Bulletin ID
Date published
Priority
APSB26-04
January 13, 2026
3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InCopy. 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
Affected version
Platform
Adobe InCopy
21.0 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS
Adobe InCopy
19.5.5 and earlier versions
Windows and macOS

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their software installations via the Creative Cloud desktop app updater, or by navigating to the InCopy Help menu and clicking "Updates." For more information, please reference this help page.

Product
Updated version
Platform
Priority rating
Adobe InCopy
21.1
Windows and macOS
3
Adobe InCopy
20.5.1
Windows and macOS
3

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability category
Vulnerability impact
Severity
CVSS base score
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-2026-21281

Acknowledgments

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

  • yjdfy -- CVE-2026-21281

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.