Adobe Security Bulletin

Security Updates Available for Adobe XD | APSB26-125

Bulletin ID

Date Published

Priority

APSB26-125

August 25, 2026

3

Summary

Adobe has released updates for Adobe XD. This update resolves a critical vulnerability.  Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user.

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 XD

60 and earlier

Windows and macOS 

Solution

Adobe recommends updating via the Creative Cloud desktop app’s update mechanism.  For more information, please reference this help page.

Product

Version

Platform

Adobe XD

61

Windows and macOS 

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 CVSS vector CVE Number

Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)

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-2026-71399

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 researcher for reporting this issue and for working with Adobe to help protect our customers:   

  • Francis Provencher (prl) - CVE-2026-71399

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

Adobe, Inc.

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