Adobe Security Bulletin
Security Updates Available for Brackets | APSB19-57
Bulletin ID Date Published Priority
APSB19-57 December 10, 2019 3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Brackets for Windows, macOS and Linux. This update addresses a critical vulnerability.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. 

Affected Versions

Product Version Platform
Brackets 1.14 and earlier versions Windows, Linux & macOS

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:  

Product Version Platform Priority Rating Availability
Brackets 1.14.1 Windows, Linux & macOS 3

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Release Notes

Vulnerability details

Vulnerability Category Vulnerability Impact Severity CVE Numbers
Command Injection Arbitrary code execution Critical CVE-2019-8255

Acknowledgments

Adobe would like to thank Tavis Ormandy of Google project zero for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our users.