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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
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Adobe Acrobat and Reader Prototype Pollution Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2026-04-13
Federal due date
2026-04-27
Vendor
Adobe
Product
Acrobat and Reader
EPSS
93.5th percentile (score 0.071, as of 2026-07-13)
NVD CVSS v3.1
8.6 (HIGH)
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34621

CISA short description

Adobe Acrobat and Reader contain a prototype pollution vulnerability that allows for arbitrary code execution.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

NVD description

Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30356, 26.001.21367 and earlier are affected by an Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution') 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.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.