Integer overflow in Adobe Photoshop Desktop allows code execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Adobe Photoshop Desktop versions through 27.10 and through 26.11.7 are affected. An integer overflow or wraparound (CWE-190) can allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires a victim to open a malicious file.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Photoshop Desktop is affected by an Integer Overflow or Wraparound 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe | Photoshop | up to 27.10 | 27.11 | Patch available | CNA |
| Adobe | Photoshop | up to 26.11.7 | 26.11.8 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
Adobe fixes this issue in Photoshop Desktop 27.11 and 26.11.8, so update to 27.11 on the 27.x line or to 26.11.8 on the 26.x line.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Photoshop (Adobe) Fixed in 27.11
- Fix · CNA Photoshop (Adobe) Fixed in 26.11.8
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Adobe Photoshop — adobe.com/trust/security/products/photoshop/apsb26-158.html
18 records Highest priority Priority LOW 18 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-73532 Incorrect authorization in Photoshop Desktop allows code executionPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-73531 Heap overflow in Adobe Photoshop Desktop enables code executionPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-73587 Photoshop Desktop Heap-based Buffer Overflow Allows Code ExecutionPriority LOW 35
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-95636
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-8234-2mg9-p6m6
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More Adobe Photoshop vulnerabilities
- TI-2007-02283 Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3, Photoshop Elements 5.0, Illustrator CS3… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-02162 Multiple buffer overflows in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3, Illustrator CS3, and GoLive 9… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2011-01854 Adobe Photoshop 12.0 in Creative Suite 5 (CS5) and 12.1 in Creative Suite 5.1 (CS5.1)… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2008-01693 Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, and possibly After Effects… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2012-01800 Use-after-free vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop CS5 12.x before 12.0.5 and CS5.1 12.1.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2010-02988 Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe PhotoShop CS2 through CS5 allows local… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-95636 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-95636 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8234-2mg9-p6m6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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