Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Update Available for Adobe InDesign | APSB26-145

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB26-145

September 22, 2026

3

Summary

Adobe has released a security update for Adobe InDesign.  This update addresses an important vulnerabilities that could result in application denial-of-service. 

Adobe is not aware of any exploits in the wild for any of the issues addressed in this update.

Affected Versions

Product

Affected version

Platform

Adobe InDesign

ID21.5 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS 

Adobe InDesign

ID20.5.4 and earlier versions

Windows and macOS 

Solution

Adobe categorizes these updates with the following priority rating and recommends users update their software installations via the Creative Cloud desktop app updater, or by navigating to the InDesign Help menu and clicking "Updates." For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Updated version

Platform

Priority rating

Adobe InDesign

ID21.6

Windows and macOS 

3

Adobe InDesign

ID20.5.5

Windows and macOS 

3

For managed environments, IT administrators can use the Creative Cloud Packager to create deployment packages. Refer to this help page for more information.

Vulnerability Details

Vulnerability Category
Vulnerability Impact
Severity
CVSS base score
CVSS vector
CVE Number

NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)

Application denial-of-service

Important

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2026-84396

NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)

Application denial-of-service

Important

5.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2026-76192

Note
Effective August 11, 2026, Adobe may assign a single CVE identifier to internally discovered vulnerabilities with the same severity rating and CWE category when a release includes systemic fixes.

Acknowledgments

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

  • Francis provencher (prl) — CVE-2026-76192, CVE-2026-84396

 


For more information, visit https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html, or email PSIRT@adobe.com

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