Adobe Security Bulletin

Security updates available for Adobe Format Plugins | APSB26-87

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB26-87

July 28, 2026

3

Summary

Adobe has released an update for Adobe Format Plugins.  This update addresses critical vulnerabilities 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

Version

Platform

Adobe Format Plugins

2026.05 and earlier versions

All 

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.   

Product

Version

Platform

Priority

Availability

Adobe Format Plugins

2026.07

All

3

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

Vulnerability Category

Vulnerability Impact

Severity

CVSS base score 

CVE Numbers

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-2026-48372

Acknowledgments:

Adobe would like to thank the following for reporting these issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:

  • Owais Lone (The Sec Guy) — CVE-2026-48372

NOTE: Adobe has a public bug bounty program with HackerOne. If you are interested in working with Adobe as an external security researcher, please check out https://hackerone.com/adobe.

Adobe, Inc.

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