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CVE-2026-118730

Use-after-free in Microsoft Excel allows remote code execution

CVSS 3.1
8.8 high
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
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A use-after-free flaw in Microsoft Office Excel lets an unauthorized attacker execute code over the network. No privileges are required, but the user must interact with the attacker’s content. Successful exploitation gives the attacker full control of the affected process (confidentiality, integrity, and availability). Microsoft has not listed affected builds.

What to do: Apply Microsoft’s update for CVE-2026-118730. No workaround is named.

ProductAffected
Microsoft Office Excel—
Estimated exposure
No basis for an estimate.

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description · NVD

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Weakness
CWE-416
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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