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CVE-2026-97741
Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
High8.8EPSS 0.93%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | 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 |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.93% · top 39% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
- affected 16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 365 for Mac
- affected 1.0.0 – < 16.114.26101123
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
- affected 16.0.1 – < 16.114.26101123
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
- affected 16.0.0 – < 16.114.26101123
References (1)
- Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2026-97741)Record last updated .