Bulletin ID
Last updated on
Apr 14, 2026
Security Updates Available for Adobe FrameMaker | APSB26-36
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Date Published |
Priority |
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APSB26-36 |
April 14, 2026 |
3 |
Summary
Adobe has released a security update for Adobe FrameMaker. This update addresses critical and important vulnerabilities that could lead to arbitrary code execution, arbitrary file system read, and memory exposure.
Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in these updates.
Affected Versions
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Product |
Version |
Platform |
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Adobe FrameMaker |
2022 Release Update 8 and earlier |
Windows |
Solution
Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority ratings and recommends users update their installation to the newest version:
Vulnerability Details
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Vulnerability Category |
Vulnerability Impact |
Severity |
CVSS base score |
CVE Numbers |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Untrusted Search Path (CWE-426) |
Arbitrary code execution |
Critical |
8.6 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
CVE-2026-27290 |
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Use After Free (CWE-416) |
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-2026-27292 |
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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-2026-27293 |
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Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) |
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-2026-27294 |
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Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) |
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-2026-27295 |
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Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) (CWE-191) |
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-2026-27296 |
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Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) (CWE-191) |
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-2026-27297 |
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Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion') (CWE-843) |
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-2026-27298 |
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Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) |
Arbitrary file system read |
Important |
6.3 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2026-27299 |
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Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CWE-824) |
Memory exposure |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2026-27300 |
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Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122) |
Memory exposure |
Important |
5.5 |
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
CVE-2026-27301 |
Acknowledgments
Adobe would like to thank the following Initiative for reporting the relevant issues and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:
- jony_juice -- CVE-2026-27290
- Francis Provencher (prl) -- CVE-2026-27292, CVE-2026-27293, CVE-2026-27300, CVE-2026-27301
- yjdfy -- CVE-2026-27294, CVE-2026-27295, CVE-2026-27296, CVE-2026-27297, CVE-2026-27298
- Sudhanshu Rajbhar (sudi) -- CVE-2026-27299
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
For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com
