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CVE-2026-42832: Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Microsoft Excel for Android 16.0.19822.20190; Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 16.109.26051019; Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024 16.109.26051019.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.7, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Microsoft Excel for Android 16.0.19822.20190; Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 16.109.26051019; Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024 16.109.26051019 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Improper access control in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 12, 2026
Updated
Oct 26, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · microsoft
7.7
2.2 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
microsoftexcel
microsoftoffice
microsoftoffice long term servicing channel
microsoftword

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft excelbefore 16.0.19822.20190
  • microsoft office2024
  • microsoft office long term servicing channel2021
  • microsoft wordbefore 16.0.19822.20190

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 Excel for Android

    • 16.0.0.0 and later · before 16.0.19822.20190affected

  • 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 Word for Android

    • 16.0.0.0 and later · before 16.0.19822.20190affected

Same product

microsoft: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2009-3129Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; OfficKEV
    86Now
  • CVE-2016-7262Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allKEV
    79This week
  • CVE-2009-0238Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Compatibility Pack for WordKEV
    78This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-20673Feb 13, 2024 · Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-43106Dec 18, 2024 · A library injection vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 16.83 for macOS.
    36Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-44803Jun 9, 2026 · Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Microsoft Excel for Android16.0.19822.20190 · Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 202116.109.26051019 · Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 202416.109.26051019 · Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)
Microsoft Word for Android16.0.19822.20190 · Release NotesMicrosoft (MSRC)

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.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

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 researchers

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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-2026-4564928 days apartOffice for Android Spoofing Vulnerability
    28Monitor

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.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-284 · Improper Access Control

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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