High 7.3Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Sep 10, 2024

CVE-2024-38226Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:30 PM ET)

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It affects Microsoft Office 2019 and 4 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

CISA lists it as known exploited since Sep 10, 2024; federal agencies had to remediate by Oct 1, 2024. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CVSS: 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-693
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Sep 10, 2024; federal remediation due Oct 1, 2024Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 2.67% (percentile 86)
Assigned by: microsoft
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 10, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 microsoft:office_2019 (from the name)	from 19.0.0 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases	CNA record
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 microsoft:office_ltsc_2021 (from the name)	from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases	CNA record
Microsoft Microsoft Publisher 2016 microsoft:publisher_2016 (from the name)	from 16.0.0 before 16.0.5465.1001	CNA record
microsoft office_2019 microsoft:office_2019	all versions; all versions	NVD
microsoft office_long_term_servicing_channel microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel	2021; 2021	NVD
microsoft publisher microsoft:publisher	2016; 2016	NVD

References

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38226	vendor-advisory, patch
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-38226	us-government-resource

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