Adobe Security Bulletin
Last updated on Apr 14, 2026
Security update available for Adobe Photoshop | APSB26-40
Summary
Adobe has released an update for Photoshop for Windows and macOS. This update resolves a critical vulnerability. Successful exploitation 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
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.
Note
For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Admin Console to deploy Creative Cloud applications to end users. Refer to this help page for more information.
Vulnerability Details
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-2026-27289
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.
