Description
Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Published: 2026-07-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The CVE describes a use‑after‑free flaw in Microsoft Office Excel that allows an attacker to execute code locally on the victim’s machine. This can compromise the affected workstation or device by running arbitrary code with the privileges of the logged‑in user.

Affected Systems

Affected vendors and products include Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office 365 for Mac, Microsoft Office LTSC 2021, Microsoft Office LTSC 2024, Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021, Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024, and Office Online Server. Specific version information is not supplied, so all currently available releases of those products may be impacted.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 7.8 classifies the flaw as high severity. The EPSS score of less than 1% indicates a low probability of exploitation in the wild, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. Based on the description, it is inferred that the attack vector requires local user interaction, such as opening a malicious Excel file; remote exploitation is not documented. While the likelihood of widespread exploitation is low, the potential impact remains significant for environments that allow users to open untrusted Office files.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 31, 2026 at 06:40 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Install the Microsoft Office security update that addresses CVE‑2026‑54131 via the Microsoft Security Update Guide.
  • Enable Excel Protected View for all external documents and set macro security to disable macros from untrusted locations.
  • Configure policy to allow macro execution only from trusted directories and enforce application whitelisting on endpoints.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on July 31, 2026 at 06:40 UTC.

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History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 15 Jul 2026 04:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Microsoft office Online Server
Vendors & Products Microsoft office Online Server

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Title Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft office 2019
Microsoft office 2021
Microsoft office 2024
Microsoft office 365
Microsoft office Macos 2021
Microsoft office Macos 2024
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2021:*:*:*:*:long_term_servicing_channel:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2021:*:*:*:*:ltsc:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2024:*:*:*:*:long_term_servicing_channel:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_365:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_macos_2021:*:*:*:*:*:long_term_servicing_channel:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_macos_2024:*:*:*:*:*:long_term_servicing_channel:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft 365 Apps
Microsoft office 2019
Microsoft office 2021
Microsoft office 2024
Microsoft office 365
Microsoft office Macos 2021
Microsoft office Macos 2024
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': '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'}


Subscriptions

Microsoft 365 Apps Office 2019 Office 2021 Office 2024 Office 365 Office Macos 2021 Office Macos 2024 Office Online Server
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T22:57:29.642Z

Reserved: 2026-06-11T20:33:37.837Z

Link: CVE-2026-54131

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T11:13:47.923Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-31T06:45:03Z

Weaknesses