High 7.8Published Aug 11, 2026

CVE-2026-68798Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 1:40 PM ET)

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It affects Microsoft Office 365 for Mac and 4 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-122
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: microsoft
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Microsoft Microsoft Office 365 for Mac microsoft:office_365_for_mac (from the name)	from 1.0.0 before 16.112.26081010	CNA record
microsoft 365_apps microsoft:365_apps	all versions; all versions	NVD
microsoft microsoft_365 microsoft:microsoft_365	all versions	NVD
microsoft office_2021 microsoft:office_2021	all versions; all versions; all versions	NVD
microsoft office_2024 microsoft:office_2024	all versions; all versions; all versions	NVD

References

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-68798	vendor-advisory, patch

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