Vulnerability · CVE-2026-88195
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Published Oct 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · Microsoft Microsoft 365
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-88195. EPSS is 0.63%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Microsoft 365 is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.5
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.63%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/365 apps · cpe microsoft/office 2021 · cpe microsoft/office 2024 · microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions · microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions · microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions
Affected Microsoft products: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions, Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions, Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions, Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions.
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- cpe microsoft/365 appsversion unspecified
- cpe microsoft/office 2021version unspecified
- cpe microsoft/office 2024version unspecified
- microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editionsversion unspecified
- microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editionsversion unspecified
- microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editionsversion unspecified
- microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editionsversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-88195
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-88195. EPSS is 0.63%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Microsoft 365 is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-126; CWE-191: Integer Underflow. EPSS 0.63%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-88195
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-88195
30-day exploitation probability 0.6%
first.org - Microsoft Security Update GuideVendor advisoryCVE-2026-88195
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions, Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions, Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions, Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions
msrc.microsoft.com - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-88195
Buffer over-read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.