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Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2026-68796 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel (rated Important, CVSS 7.8).

1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
CVE-2026-68796
Products
Microsoft Office Excel
Severity
Important
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS
7.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Exploited
No
Publicly disclosed
No
Exploitability
Exploitation Less Likely
Customer action required
Yes
Release
2026-Aug
Assigned by
Microsoft
Weakness
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
MSRC revision
1.1
Status pages
Microsoft 365 apps status
First captured by us
(from our first import of this list)
Microsoft last modified
Source
Security updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft's revision notes

  1. Revision 1.0, 2026-08-11: Information published.
  2. Revision 1.1, 2026-10-07: Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

Microsoft says

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?

Security updates,

Read Microsoft's full post

What Microsoft changed

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  1. First version we captured ·

    The text as we first saw it

    Seen by us · Microsoft's timestamp · Microsoft's page

Other changes for Microsoft 365 apps