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CVE-2026-21509

Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published
Last modified
published
Listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 16.0.5539.1001, 16.0.10417.20095
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Microsoft Office is affected by this vulnerability, which could allow a local attacker to get around a built-in security feature. Successful exploitation would let the attacker bypass protections that Office relies on to make trust decisions, because it depends on input that cannot be trusted.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

Read the original description

Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Timeline

  1. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  2. CVE published
  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

    From 16.0.1 · fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016

    From 16.0.0 · fixed in 16.0.5539.1001

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019

    From 19.0.0 · fixed in 16.0.10417.20095

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021

    From 16.0.1 · fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024

    From 16.0.0 · fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

References 1

msrc.microsoft.com