Active Exploitation of Critical Vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader
13 April 2026
Adobe has released a security update to address a critical vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Users and administrators of affected products are advised to update to the latest versions immediately.
Background
Adobe has released a security update to address a critical prototype pollution vulnerability (CVE-2026-34621) affecting Adobe Acrobat and Reader for Windows and macOS.
Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to perform arbitrary code execution.
Known Exploitation
This vulnerability is reportedly being exploited in the wild.
Affected Products
This vulnerability affects the following Adobe products on Windows and macOS:
- Acrobat DC (Continuous Track): versions 26.001.21367 and earlier
- Acrobat Reader DC (Continuous Track): versions 26.001.21367 and earlier
- Acrobat 2024 (Classic 2024 Track): versions 24.001.30356 and earlier
Mitigation
Users and administrators of affected products are advised to update to the latest versions immediately.
References
https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb26-43.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34621
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/adobe-patches-actively-exploited.html
