CVE-2026-32188: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32188) involves an out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel, part of Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. It enables an unauthorized attacker to perform local information disclosure. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.1, indicating high severity, with attack vector local, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. Microsoft has released an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud service. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause an out-of-bounds read leading to local information disclosure. The impact includes high confidentiality loss and high availability impact, but no integrity impact. This could expose sensitive information to unauthorized users on the local system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Users and administrators should ensure their Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise are updated to the fixed version as per Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32188.
CVE-2026-32188: CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Description
Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.1high
Affected software
Microsoft
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Microsoft
Microsoft Excel 2016
Microsoft
Microsoft Office 2019
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
Microsoft
Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
Microsoft
Office Online Server
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32188) involves an out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel, part of Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. It enables an unauthorized attacker to perform local information disclosure. The CVSS 3.1 score is 7.1, indicating high severity, with attack vector local, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction required. Microsoft has released an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud service. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause an out-of-bounds read leading to local information disclosure. The impact includes high confidentiality loss and high availability impact, but no integrity impact. This could expose sensitive information to unauthorized users on the local system.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Users and administrators should ensure their Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise are updated to the fixed version as per Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32188.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-11T00:26:53.426Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32188","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a3482d89c981fd6bcca
Added to database: 04/14/2026, 17:32:36 UTC
Last enriched: 08/15/2026, 14:05:59 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 10:01:30 UTC
Views: 166
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