Microsoft Office Word Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Word contains a reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision vulnerability that could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Office
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 1.5%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
Microsoft Office Word contains a reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision vulnerability that could allow an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-10. Required action per CISA: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Due date: 2026-03-03.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.