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Alert Regarding Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Alert Regarding Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader

Alert Regarding Vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader 🚨

JPCERT/CC issued an alert on March 11, 2026, regarding security updates available for Adobe Acrobat Reader, identified as APSB26-26. Vulnerabilities exist in Adobe Acrobat, a PDF file creation and conversion software, and Adobe Acrobat Reader, a PDF file viewing software. As a result, an attacker may execute arbitrary code by convincing a user to open contents leveraging the vulnerability.

Affected Products and Versions:

  • Adobe Acrobat DC Continuous (25.001.21265) and earlier (Windows, macOS)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous (25.001.21265) and earlier (Windows, macOS)
  • Adobe Acrobat 2024 Classic 2024 (24.001.30307) and earlier (Windows)
  • Adobe Acrobat 2024 Classic 2024 (24.001.30308) and earlier (macOS)

Users are advised to update Adobe products to the latest versions:

  • Adobe Acrobat DC Continuous (25.001.21288) (Windows, macOS)
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Continuous (25.001.21288) (Windows, macOS)
  • Adobe Acrobat 2024 Classic 2024 (24.001.30356) (Windows, macOS)

To update Acrobat, start the product, select the menu “Help”, and then click “Check for Updates”. If an update from the menu is not available, please download the latest Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat Reader via the following links:

For additional information on manual updates, refer to Install Updates for Reader and Acrobat.

To read the complete article see: JPCERT Article

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