CVE-2026-21509

Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
70.8%
EPSS
99%
Percentile
Yes
Known exploited
0
APAC news · 90d
Summary

Microsoft Office contains a security feature bypass vulnerability in which reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Microsoft Office could allow an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally. Some of the impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users are advised to discontinue use and/or transition to a supported version.

Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Office
Added to KEV
Jan 26, 2026
Remediation due
Feb 16, 2026 (US federal deadline)
Ransomware use
Not known
Weakness
CWE-807
EPSS
70.8% as of Nov 12
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Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
  • none recorded