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High 8.8Published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-97738Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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It affects Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise and 10 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 0.72%, higher than 53% of scored CVEs.
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Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel 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-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.72% (percentile 53)
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 13, 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 365 for Mac microsoft:office_365_for_mac (from the name) | from 1.0.0 before 16.114.26101123 | 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 |
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 microsoft:office_ltsc_for_mac_2021 (from the name) | from 16.0.1 before 16.114.26101123 | CNA record |
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024 microsoft:office_ltsc_for_mac_2024 (from the name) | from 16.0.0 before 16.114.26101123 | CNA record |
Microsoft Office Online Server microsoft:office_online_server (from the name) | from 16.0.0.0 before 16.0.10417.20228 | CNA record |
microsoft 365_apps microsoft:365_apps | all versions; all versions | NVD |
microsoft microsoft_365 microsoft:microsoft_365 | all versions | NVD |
microsoft office_2021 microsoft:office_2021 | all versions; all versions; all versions | NVD |
microsoft office_2024 microsoft:office_2024 | all versions; all versions; all versions | NVD |
microsoft office_online_server microsoft:office_online_server | before 16.0.10417.20228 | NVD |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-97738vendor-advisory, patch
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