CVE-2021-36005: Adobe Photoshop

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 6.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Adobe Photoshop versions 21.2.9 (and earlier) and 22.4.2 (and earlier) is affected by a stack overflow vulnerability due to insecure handling of a crafted PSD file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation requires user interaction in that a victim must open a crafted PSD file in Photoshop.

Affected products

• Adobe Photoshop: from 21.0.0, up to and including 21.2.9; from 22.0.0, up to and including 22.4.2

Published 2021-08-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.