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Vishal_Anand
Vishal_Anand
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February 27, 2026
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Does AEM supports password protected PDFs?

  • February 27, 2026
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Hi team,

I am trying to upload password protected PDFs and I am seeing error once pdf is uploaded. Does AEM supports password protected PDFs? If no, do we have any pipeline to enable this feature?

 

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Best answer by Vishal_Anand

Yes. There is no native OOTB feature to support this. I did more research on this and found this as viable solution. Adobe overall has below architecture for maintaining document security.

 

 

Ref link: Document security offerings | Adobe Experience Manager

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VishalKa5
VishalKa5
Level 6
March 1, 2026

Hi ​@Vishal_Anand ,
 

AEM does not support password-protected PDFs for processing. The file gets uploaded, but AEM cannot read encrypted PDFs to generate thumbnails or extract metadata, so asset processing fails.

There is no out-of-the-box support for this. If needed, we would have to remove the password before upload or build a custom solution.
 

Thanks.
Vishal

    Vishal_Anand
    Vishal_AnandAuthorAccepted solution
    Level 6
    March 3, 2026

    Yes. There is no native OOTB feature to support this. I did more research on this and found this as viable solution. Adobe overall has below architecture for maintaining document security.

     

     

    Ref link: Document security offerings | Adobe Experience Manager

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