Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Published
- May 12, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 36th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-822
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Action score
33
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 33 / 40 · 8.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · microsoft
- 8.4
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | 365 apps | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps |
| microsoft | office | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office |
| microsoft | office long term servicing channel | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel |
| microsoft | sharepoint server | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server |
| microsoft | word | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft 365 appsall versions
- microsoft office2019
- microsoft office long term servicing channel2021
- microsoft office long term servicing channel2024
- microsoft sharepoint serverbefore 16.0.19725.20280
- microsoft sharepoint server2016
- microsoft sharepoint server2019
- microsoft word2016
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
- 16.0.1 and later · before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019
- 19.0.0 and later · before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
- 16.0.1 and later · before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024
- 16.0.0 and later · before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesaffected
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
- 16.0.1 and later · before 16.109.26051019affected
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
- 16.0.0 and later · before 16.109.26051019affected
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
- 16.0.0 and later · before 16.0.5552.1002affected
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
- 16.0.0 and later · before 16.0.10417.20128affected
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition
- 16.0.0 and later · before 16.0.19725.20280affected
Microsoft Microsoft Word 2016
- 16.0.1 and later · before 16.0.5552.1000affected
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-3311428 days apartMicrosoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability33Monitor
- CVE-2026-4547128 days apartMicrosoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability31Monitor
- CVE-2026-4564328 days apartMicrosoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability31Monitor
- CVE-2026-4564528 days apartMicrosoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability31Monitor
- CVE-2026-2611263 days apartMicrosoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability31Monitor
- CVE-2026-5513663 days apartMicrosoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-822 · Untrusted Pointer DereferenceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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We use this product, ask for helpChange log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.