As an early indicator of the need for the faster rhythm, it issued two security advisories dealing with a number of critical vulnerabilities on June 30 — the fifth Tuesday of that month: APSB 26-28 and APSB26-29. It is not alone in issuing out-of-sequence patches for urgent fixes: In April, Microsoft also released one to react to a particular threat.
Adobe said in a blog post that it is responding to the increased level of threats: “Twice-monthly bulletins will enable us to keep pace with the era of frontier AI. More vulnerabilities found means more fixes to deploy and a once-a-month publication window is no longer fast enough to stay ahead of our adversaries. This new cadence is the direct result of investing in improved vulnerability discovery.”
The new schedule will be effective from July 14 and will apply to every advisory that includes a formally published CVE requiring customer action.
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