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Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2026-78517 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word (rated Important, CVSS 8.8).

1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
CVE-2026-78517
Products
Microsoft Office Word
Severity
Important
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS
8.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-Sep
Assigned by
Microsoft
Weakness
CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
MSRC revision
2.1
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, 2026-09-08: Information published.
  2. Revision 1.1, 2026-09-15: Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
  3. Revision 2.0, 2026-09-17: Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office for Mac.
  4. Revision 2.1, 2026-09-21: Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.

Microsoft says

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Security updates,

Read Microsoft's full post

What Microsoft changed

One version so far. If Microsoft edits it, each change shows here with what was removed and added.

  1. First version we captured ·

    The text as we first saw it

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

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Other changes for Microsoft 365 apps

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