VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-81401
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.54%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 45th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- microsoft/365 apps · microsoft/excel · microsoft/microsoft 365 · microsoft/office 2016 · microsoft/office 2019 · microsoft/office 2021 · microsoft/office 2024 · microsoft/office online server
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-81401Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.