Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?
This attack requires a user to open a specially crafted file from the attacker to initiate remote code execution.
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.
Security updates
16.115.26110837 — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-for-mac
16.0.10417.20236 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002946
16.0.14334.21048 — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
https — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Double free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2026-118296 Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-118296
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss