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CVE-2026-20943

Untrusted search path in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:fc6e2938124dc7bb78367c4d3406581ac8e35d6f5979a83e4c4cc784cf8770b8
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 5 assertions

{"platforms":["x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.19127.20442","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/4

{"product":"Microsoft Office Deployment Tool","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.19426.20170","status":"affected","version":"1.0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"platforms":["x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.10417.20083","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/3

{"platforms":["x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.5535.1001","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/2

{"platforms":["32-bit Systems","x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft Office 2016","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.5535.1000","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Affected products and versions

5 source assertions
{"platforms":["x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.19127.20442","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/4
{"product":"Microsoft Office Deployment Tool","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.19426.20170","status":"affected","version":"1.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"platforms":["x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.10417.20083","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/3
{"platforms":["x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.5535.1001","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/2
{"platforms":["32-bit Systems","x64-based Systems"],"product":"Microsoft Office 2016","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"16.0.5535.1000","status":"affected","version":"16.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en-US","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"name":"Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","tags":["vendor-advisory","patch"],"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20943"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:de31ffce97882dfc39dafa7658e2e4e631c55ced6727978f64c17da6605c5267 · sha256:f1d9c36eaaad0030… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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