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Microsoft Office PowerPoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Microsoft · EN CVE-2026-72956 Important Action required CVSS 6.5

Published

What does this mean?

  • Information Disclosure. An attacker can see information that is not meant for them.
  • It can be exploited over the network (including from the internet if the service is reachable there), without an account and if a user takes part, for example by opening a link or file.
  • CVSS 6.5 out of 10: medium. Microsoft rates it Important.
  • No attacks reported; Microsoft expects exploitation to be less likely.
  • What should you do? Install the security update for the version you run (or a later cumulative update):
    • Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions: KBRelease Notes 16.0.17932.20976
    • Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions: KBRelease Notes 16.0.17932.20976
    • Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions: KBRelease Notes 16.0.14334.20906
    • Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems: KBRelease Notes 16.0.20326.20138
    • Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems: KBRelease Notes 16.0.20326.20138
    • Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions: KBRelease Notes 16.0.14334.20906

Microsoft Office PowerPoint · Information Disclosure

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

Office / Microsoft 365 Apps

Key facts

Released
8 sep 2026
Impact
Information Disclosure
Max severity
Important
Weakness
CVSS 3.1
6.5 / 5.7 (base / temporal)
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Publicly disclosed
No
Exploited
No
Exploitability assessment
Exploitation Less Likely
Customer action required
Yes
Links

CVSS metrics

Base score metrics
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone
Temporal score metrics
Exploit Code MaturityUnproven
Remediation LevelOfficial Fix
Report ConfidenceConfirmed

Affected products and updates

ProductUpdateBuild
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editionsKBRelease Notes16.0.17932.20976
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editionsKBRelease Notes16.0.17932.20976
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editionsKBRelease Notes16.0.14334.20906
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit SystemsKBRelease Notes16.0.20326.20138
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit SystemsKBRelease Notes16.0.20326.20138
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editionsKBRelease Notes16.0.14334.20906
Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editionsKBRelease Notes16.0.10417.20207
Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editionsKBRelease Notes16.0.10417.20207

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read small portions of heap memory.
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

Revisions

VersionDateNote
18 sep 2026Information published.

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