CVE-2023-26369Patch(adobe / acrobat)

MEDIUMCVSS 7.8 · HIGHCISA KEV

Exploitation ongoing with high activity in latest observed window (1 mentions)

Immediate actions

  • Patch adobe acrobat systems immediately
  • Assume compromise if assets are exposed

Recommended action window: Immediate (within 24h)

NVD description

Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20284 (and earlier), 20.005.30516 (and earlier) and 20.005.30514 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

5.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Federal remediation due date: 2023-10-05. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-787

Priority

MEDIUM

Exploitation

ACTIVE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • acrobat
  • acrobat_dc
  • acrobat_reader
  • acrobat_reader_dc

Threat summary

  • Active exploitation appears in 1 classified signals
  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Active exploitation reported across 1 signal
  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
acrobatacrobat_dcacrobat_readeracrobat_reader_dcmacoswindows

1 version affected across 6 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-04-14: 1Active Exploitation · 2026-04-14: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-04-14: 1Technical Details · 2026-04-14: 104-14
Signal classification1 categories
Patch
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • Adam Goss@gossy_84
    Patch

    🗞️ Adobe released an urgent update for a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-26369) in Acrobat and Reader. The flaw allows arbitrary code execution via malicious PDFs and is currently being exploited.

    Post summary

    Adobe has issued an urgent patch for CVE-2023-26369, a critical zero‑day that allows arbitrary code execution via malicious PDFs, and the vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild.

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CPE platform detail6 entries

6 of 6 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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Appadobeacrobat_dc---
Appadobeacrobat_reader---
Appadobeacrobat_reader_dc---
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