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
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
CERT-FR advisories
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x86:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:-:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:-:x86:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2024:*:*:*:*:-:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2024:*:*:*:*:-:x86:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2024:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:*:*:*:*:subscription:*:*:* < 16.0.19725.20280cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2016:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
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