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High 7.0Published Oct 13, 2026

CVE-2026-97774Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, higher than 7% of scored CVEs.

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Office Click-To-Run allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

CVSS
7.0 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-367
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
0.18% (percentile 7)
Assigned by
microsoft
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 13, 2026

Affected products

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 365_apps
microsoft:365_apps
all versions
NVD

References

  • vendor-advisory, patch

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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