CVE-2026-40367

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

At a glance

Severity
HIGH 8.4
EPSS
EPSS 0.45 % · percentile 39 (2026-10-27)
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
microsoft
NVD status
Modified

Description

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary)

Weaknesses (CWE)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Microsoft · Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterpriseaffected 16.0.1 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2019affected 19.0.0 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC 2021affected 16.0.1 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC 2024affected 16.0.0 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021affected 16.0.1 < 16.109.26051019
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024affected 16.0.0 < 16.109.26051019
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016affected 16.0.0 < 16.0.5552.1002
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019affected 16.0.0 < 16.0.10417.20128
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Editionaffected 16.0.0 < 16.0.19725.20280
Microsoft · Microsoft Word 2016affected 16.0.1 < 16.0.5552.1000

References

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD