CVE-2023-26369
High 7.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Adobe Acrobat and Reader Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8 (HIGH)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 7% (percentile: 94) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
Affected products
adobe: acrobat; adobe: acrobat dc; adobe: acrobat reader; adobe: acrobat reader dc; apple: macos; microsoft: windows
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-34.html Vendor Advisory
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-34.html Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023… Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource