CVE-2026-27238

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileDEEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.18% (7th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

InDesign Desktop versions 20.5.2, 21.2 and earlier are affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · psirt@adobe.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · NCSC-NL NL

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-122USprimaryCWE-122USCWE-122US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Adobe Experience Manager <6.5 LTS Service Pack 3all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Experience Manager <6.5 Service Pack 25all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Experience Manager <Release 2026.8.0all versionscert_bundDE
Adobe Experience Manager< 6.5 LTS Service Pack 3cert_bundDE
Adobe Experience Manager< 6.5 Service Pack 25cert_bundDE
Adobe Experience Manager< Release 2026.8.0cert_bundDE
Adobe InDesign Desktop≤ 0 ≤21.2enisa_euvdEU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe InDesign≤ ID20.5.2fstec_bduRU
Adobe Systems Inc. Adobe InDesign≤ ID21.2fstec_bduRU
Adobe AEM Cloud Service (CS)≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
Adobe Adobe Experience Manager 6.5≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
Adobe Adobe Experience Manager 6.5 LTS≤ vers:unknown/*ncsc_nlNL
adobe indesign< 20.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe indesign21.0 → 21.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:adobe:indesign:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2026-0363Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Adobe Experience ManagerNL2026-09-09csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Adobe heeft meerdere kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Adobe Experience Manager.
WID-SEC-W-2026-1113Adobe Creative Cloud Applikationen: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Adobe Creative Cloud Applikationen ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
WID-SEC-W-2026-3244Adobe Experience Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-09-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Adobe Experience Manager ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Berechtigungen zu erweitern, Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriffe durchzuführen oder Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund ncsc_nl nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-04-14modified 2026-10-26

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references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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