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Office updates on WindowsForum.com cover the monthly Microsoft Office security releases for Microsoft 365 Apps and perpetual Office versions, including Office LTSC, Office 2021, Office 2024, and Office 2019. Discussions focus on patching vulnerabilities such as PowerPoint information disclosure flaws and Excel remote code execution issues, with an emphasis on deploying the August 2026 Office updates across managed channels. A recurring theme is that these fixes arrive through the Office update train, not Windows cumulative updates, and administrators must verify installed builds. The tag also addresses Microsoft 365 feature baseline changes for Windows 10, where Version 2608 marks the cutoff for new features while security updates continue through October 2028.
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    Microsoft 365 Version 2608 Freezes Windows 10 Features — Megathread

    Microsoft is about to put Windows 10’s Microsoft 365 Apps on a fixed feature baseline, but the operational deadline is more complicated than the “Office support ends” framing suggests. Microsoft’s own lifecycle documentation says Windows 10 installations will stop receiving new Microsoft 365...
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    CVE-2026-70325: Patch PowerPoint via August Office Updates

    Microsoft has published CVE-2026-70325, titled “Microsoft PowerPoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability,” as part of its August 11, 2026 Office security release. The practical action for administrators is to deploy the August Office updates across supported Microsoft 365 Apps and perpetual...
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    CVE-2026-70316: Patch PowerPoint Information Disclosure Flaw

    Microsoft has issued a fix for CVE-2026-70316, a PowerPoint information disclosure vulnerability, through the August 11, 2026 Office security release. The immediate action for administrators is to ensure that Microsoft 365 Apps and supported perpetual Office installations have received this...
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    CVE-2026-70312: Patch Office Suite, Not Just PowerPoint

    Microsoft has published a fix for CVE-2026-70312, described in its Security Update Guide as a Microsoft PowerPoint information disclosure vulnerability, in the August 11, 2026 Office security release. The practical instruction for administrators is straightforward: deploy the August Office...
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    • cve 2026 70312 microsoft office security office updates powerpoint vulnerability
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    CVE-2026-68813: August Office Updates Fix Excel Data Leak

    Microsoft has released a fix for CVE-2026-68813, an Excel information disclosure vulnerability included in the August 11, 2026 Office security updates. For organizations running Microsoft 365 Apps, Office LTSC, Office 2021, Office 2024, or the still-listed Office 2019 builds, the practical...
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    CVE-2026-68809: Patch PowerPoint Information Disclosure Flaw

    Microsoft has issued a fix for CVE-2026-68809, a PowerPoint information disclosure vulnerability, as part of its August 11, 2026 Office security release. The immediate action for Windows and Microsoft 365 administrators is straightforward: make sure the August Office updates have reached every...
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    CVE-2026-68806: Patch Excel RCE in August Office Builds

    Microsoft has issued a fix for CVE-2026-68806, a Microsoft Excel remote code execution vulnerability, in the August 11, 2026 Office security release. The immediate task for IT teams is to move Excel installations onto the August-serviced build for their update channel and verify that...
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    CVE-2026-55137 Fix: Patch Excel RCE in July 2026 Updates

    CVE-2026-55137 is an Important-rated Microsoft Excel remote code execution vulnerability with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8, even though its attack vector is classified as local. That apparent contradiction comes from two security terms measuring different things: remote code execution describes where...
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    CVE-2026-55032: Install All July Updates for Word and SharePoint

    CVE-2026-55032 is a Microsoft Word remote code execution vulnerability fixed in the July 14, 2026 security release, and Microsoft’s deployment guidance is unambiguous: install every applicable update offered for each affected product on the system. If the Security Updates table lists multiple...
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    CVE-2026-55047: Update Office and SharePoint to Stop Memory Leaks

    Microsoft’s July 14, 2026 security release fixes CVE-2026-55047, an Important-rated information-disclosure vulnerability affecting Microsoft 365 Apps, perpetual Office releases, Office for Mac, and supported on-premises SharePoint Server editions. Administrators should update affected...
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    CVE-2026-55029 Excel RCE: Install July 2026 Office Security Updates

    CVE-2026-55029 is a high-severity Microsoft Excel vulnerability that can let an attacker’s code run on a victim’s computer, even though its CVSS vector classifies the attack path as local. The apparent contradiction comes from two different uses of the word remote: Microsoft’s title describes...
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    CVE-2026-55048: Patch Excel RCE Despite AV:L Local Rating

    Microsoft’s CVE-2026-55048 advisory classifies an Excel flaw as a remote code execution vulnerability even though its CVSS vector begins with AV:L, or Attack Vector: Local. The terms describe different parts of the attack: “remote code execution” identifies the attacker’s relationship to the...
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    Outlook Copilot Compose Crash Fixed in Microsoft 365 Update

    Microsoft has fixed an Outlook crash tied to Copilot email drafting in the latest Microsoft 365 update. The issue could occur when a user started Copilot Compose in Outlook, including from Alt + I or the Copilot pencil icon, entered a prompt, and saw “Writing your email” before Outlook froze and...
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    Microsoft 365 Copilot App Auto-Installs on Windows via Office Updater (June 2026)

    Microsoft resumed automatically installing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app in June 2026 on eligible commercial Windows devices that already run Microsoft 365 desktop apps, using the Office update mechanism rather than the Microsoft Store or a conventional Windows feature update. The detail that...
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    Microsoft 365 Reduced Functionality on July 13, 2026 for Older macOS iOS iPadOS

    Microsoft will put older macOS, iOS, and iPadOS installations into Microsoft 365 “reduced functionality mode” on July 13, 2026, unless Office apps are updated to supported versions that include a renewed licensing certificate for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. That sounds like a...
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    Microsoft Office on Mac & iOS Will Go Reduced Functionality After July 13, 2026

    Microsoft says some Office and Microsoft 365 apps on macOS and iOS will enter reduced functionality mode after July 13, 2026, unless they are updated to builds carrying a renewed licensing certificate, with Office 2019 for Mac users left without an update path. That is not merely an obscure...
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    Outlook 2512 Quick Steps Greyed Out: Workaround With Shortcuts

    Microsoft has confirmed that classic Outlook for Windows can gray out Quick Steps after updating to Version 2512, even though the affected automations may still run through assigned keyboard shortcuts. That is the small factual answer; the larger story is more uncomfortable. Classic Outlook...
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    March 10 2026 Patch Tuesday: Urgent Windows Office and SQL Server security updates

    Microsoft pushed a heavy Patch Tuesday to Windows and Office environments on March 10, 2026 — and if you haven’t checked your PCs and servers yet, now is the time to do it. The March 10, 2026 security rollup addresses a large cluster of vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, .NET and SQL...
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    KB5065429: Windows 10 ESU Enrollment & End-of-Support 2025

    Microsoft pushed Windows 10 cumulative update KB5065429 to 22H2 machines this week, a mandatory security rollup that arrives as the platform approaches its October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support deadline — and it’s tightly linked to Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment path...
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    CVE-2025-54906: Office Memory-Allocation RCE Risk and Mitigation Guide

    Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54906, a Microsoft Office vulnerability described as a “free of memory not on the heap” condition that can lead to local remote‑code‑execution (RCE) when a user opens or previews a specially crafted Office document; Microsoft lists the...
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