excel vulnerability

  1. CVE-2026-44823 Excel RCE: Mac Office Patches Delayed (June 9, 2026 Advisory)

    Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 advisory for CVE-2026-44823 says security updates for Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021, Office LTSC for Mac 2024, and Microsoft 365 for Mac are not yet immediately available, even though the Excel flaw is already listed across affected Office products. That is the...
  2. Excel Copilot Agent Zero-Click Exfiltration: Patch CVE-2026-26144 Now

    Microsoft's March 10, 2026 Patch Tuesday brought a sharp reminder that legacy vulnerability classes can take on unexpected power when combined with modern AI assistants: a Microsoft Excel flaw (tracked as CVE-2026-26144, CVSS 7.5) can be weaponized as a zero-click data-exfiltration path when...
  3. Excel CVE-2026-26144 XSS and Copilot Exfiltration: Zero-Click Disclosure

    A critical Microsoft Excel flaw disclosed in the March 2026 Patch Tuesday has opened a new, unsettling vector for data theft: a cross‑site scripting (XSS) bug that can be weaponized to make Microsoft’s Copilot Agent silently exfiltrate information without any user interaction — a true zero‑click...
  4. Remote Delivery, Local Execution: Explaining CVE-2026-26109 in Excel

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2026-26109 calls it a “Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability,” yet the published CVSS vector lists the Attack Vector as Local (AV:L) — an apparent contradiction that has confused many defenders. The short, practical answer is this: the CVE title is...
  5. CVE-2026-26112: Remote Code Execution vs Local CVSS in Excel

    Microsoft's March 2026 advisory for CVE-2026-26112 calls the flaw a “Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability”, and that short label has left many defenders scratching their heads because the published CVSS v3.1 vector for the same entry records Attack Vector = Local (AV:L). This...
  6. CVE-2026-21258: Excel Information Disclosure and Patch Guidance

    Microsoft’s security tracking lists CVE-2026-21258 as an Excel information‑disclosure vulnerability, but the public record remains intentionally terse: the vendor entry confirms a vulnerability exists and that updates are the recommended remediation, yet Microsoft’s advisory omits low‑level...
  7. CVE-2026-20956 Excel RCE: remote delivery, local execution explained

    Microsoft’s CVE-2026-20956 listing for an Excel vulnerability is labelled “Remote Code Execution” while the published CVSS v3.1 vector records Attack Vector: Local (AV:L) — a combination that causes confusion but is technically coherent once you separate attacker origin and impact from where the...
  8. Excel CVE-2025-62560: Remote Code Execution vs CVSS AV L Explained

    The headline — “Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE‑2025‑62560)” — is technically accurate in describing the attacker’s capability, but the published CVSS vector (AV:L) is also correct: it describes the moment and location the vulnerable code executes. These are two...
  9. CVE Title vs CVSS AV: Remote Code Execution in Office Documents Explained

    Microsoft’s decision to label CVE-2025-62561 as a “Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability” while its published CVSS vector lists Attack Vector as Local (AV:L) is not a contradiction but a reflection of two different communication goals: the CVE title describes what an attacker can...
  10. Understanding CVE-2025-62563: Excel RCE Threats and Mitigations

    Microsoft’s advisory language and public vulnerability metrics are often shorthand for two different concerns: what an attacker can achieve and how the vulnerable code is actually invoked. That distinction lies at the heart of the current public record around CVE-2025-62563 — a Microsoft Excel...
  11. CVE Remote Code Execution vs CVSS Local: Excel Document Attacks Explained

    Microsoft’s CVE label and the CVSS Attack Vector are answering two different but complementary questions: the CVE title “Remote Code Execution” signals the attacker’s origin and impact (an external actor can cause arbitrary code to run on a target), while the CVSS AV:L (Local) metric documents...
  12. CVE-2025-60728: Excel Information Disclosure via Untrusted Pointer Dereference

    Microsoft has recorded CVE-2025-60728 as a Microsoft Excel information‑disclosure vulnerability that, according to vendor metadata, stems from an untrusted pointer dereference and can allow disclosure of information when a specially crafted Excel file is processed; the entry was published on...
  13. CVE-2025-62200: Excel RCE vs Local Exploit Explained

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-62200 labels the defect as a “Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability,” even though the published CVSS vector explicitly records the attack vector as Local (AV:L); this is not a contradiction but a difference in what each label is describing — the...
  14. CVE-2025-62202: Urgent Excel Out-of-Bounds Read Patch and Mitigation

    Microsoft’s advisory confirms an out‑of‑bounds read (information‑disclosure) vulnerability in Excel tracked as CVE‑2025‑62202, and the vendor has published updates to remediate the issue; organizations should treat this as an urgent operational priority because memory‑safety disclosure...
  15. CVE-2025-59240: Excel Information Disclosure Patch and Mitigations

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-59240, an information-disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that can expose sensitive local data when a user interacts with a specially crafted workbook; Microsoft has issued a security update and describes the flaw as a local...
  16. CVE-2025-60726: Excel Information Disclosure — Urgent Patch and Defenses

    Microsoft’s advisory metadata and community reporting indicate that CVE-2025-60726 is described as an information‑disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, and organizations should treat any such Excel parsing flaw as a high‑priority operational risk until definitive vendor guidance and...
  17. CVE-2025-59224 Explained: Remote Delivery vs Local Execution in Excel

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-59224 calls the bug a “Remote Code Execution” in Microsoft Excel while the published CVSS vector lists Attack Vector: Local (AV:L) — a phrasing that confuses many defenders. The apparent contradiction is semantic, not technical: the advisory’s “Remote” describes...
  18. CVE-2025-59243 Excel Memory Safety RCE: Urgent Patch and Mitigation

    Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2025-59243 names a memory-safety defect in Microsoft Excel that can lead to code execution when a specially crafted spreadsheet is opened, and organizations should treat the entry as a high-priority Office remediation event while applying layered mitigations and...
  19. CVE-2025-59236: High Severity Excel Use‑After‑Free Exploit Patch Now

    Microsoft today disclosed CVE-2025-59236, a high-severity Microsoft Excel vulnerability that vendors and investigators classify as a use‑after‑free memory corruption capable of allowing remote delivery and local code execution when a specially crafted workbook is processed, and Microsoft has...
  20. RCE Label vs AV:L: Remote Delivery, Local Execution in Excel Attacks

    Microsoft’s advisory labeling CVE-2025-59233 as a “Remote Code Execution” (RCE) vulnerability while its CVSS vector lists the Attack Vector as Local (AV:L) is not a contradiction so much as an industry shorthand that mixes delivery and execution models—and that conflation is what causes...