CVE-2026-80159: Adobe Acrobat

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Acrobat Reader is affected by an Untrusted Search Path vulnerability that could result in privilege escalation. An attacker with high privileges could leverage this vulnerability to gain elevated access. Exploit depends on conditions beyond the attacker's control. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Affected products

• Adobe Acrobat: from 24.001.20604, before 24.001.30429 (fixed in 24.001.30429)
• Adobe Acrobat DC: from 15.008.20082, before 26.002.21901 (fixed in 26.002.21901)
• Adobe Acrobat Reader DC: from 15.008.20082, before 26.002.21901 (fixed in 26.002.21901)

Published 2026-09-08. Last modified 2026-09-10.