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High 8.8Published Oct 15, 2026
CVE-2026-108426Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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It affects Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise and 2 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.44%, higher than 37% of scored CVEs.
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Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-122
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.44% (percentile 37)
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise microsoft:365_apps_for_enterprise (from the name) | from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases | CNA record |
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 microsoft:office_ltsc_2021 (from the name) | from 16.0.1 before 16.0.14334.20974 | CNA record |
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 microsoft:office_ltsc_2024 (from the name) | from 16.0.0 before 16.0.17932.21056 | CNA record |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-108426vendor-advisory, patch
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