CVE-2026-116480 is a vulnerability in Adobe Photoshop
Published on November 10, 2026
Photoshop Desktop | Heap-based Buffer Overflow (CWE-122)
Photoshop Desktop is affected by a Heap-based Buffer Overflow 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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-116480 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc().
Products Associated with CVE-2026-116480
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Affected Versions
Adobe Photoshop:- Before and including 26.11.8 is affected.
- Version 28.0 is unaffected.
- Before and including 27.11 is affected.
- Version 27.11.1 is unaffected.