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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2026-20948 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Microsoft Office Important 06-02-2026

Technical Information

An unauthenticated attacker could achieve remote code execution by persuading a user to open a specially crafted file, triggering an untrusted pointer dereference that allows arbitrary code execution locally on the victim system.

Patch release date: Jan 13, 2026
Further information on this vulnerability is available at : CVE-2026-20948

Affected Software

Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021,
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions,
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions,
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions,
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions,
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024,
Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition),
Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)