CVE-2023-26369[Google Project Zero] Adobe Acrobat DC OOBW 0-day actively exploited in the wild
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It affects Adobe Acrobat Reader and 3 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
CISA lists it as known exploited since Sep 14, 2023; federal agencies had to remediate by Oct 5, 2023. Treat that date as your deadline.
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Acrobat Reader versions 23.003.20284 (and earlier), 20.005.30516 (and earlier) and 20.005.30514 (and earlier) are affected by an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Sep 14, 2023; federal remediation due Oct 5, 2023Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 6.75% (percentile 94)
- Assigned by
- adobe
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Adobe Acrobat Reader adobe:acrobat_reader (from the name) | through 20.005.30514 | CNA record |
adobe acrobat adobe:acrobat | from 20.001.3005 before 20.005.30524 | NVD |
adobe acrobat_dc adobe:acrobat_dc | from 15.007.20033 before 23.006.20320 | NVD |
adobe acrobat_reader adobe:acrobat_reader | from 20.001.3005 before 20.005.30524 | NVD |
adobe acrobat_reader_dc adobe:acrobat_reader_dc | from 15.007.20033 before 23.006.20320 | NVD |
References
- https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb23-34.htmlvendor-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-26369third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
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