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CVE-2026-20943

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path
Publication date:
13/01/2026
Last modified:
16/01/2026

Description

Untrusted search path in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.00
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_deployment_tool:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 16.0.19426.20170 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:*:*:*:*:subscription:*:*:* 16.0.19127.20442 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2016:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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