CVE-2026-32199: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-32199 is a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in Microsoft Office Excel component of Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. It enables an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally by exploiting improper memory handling. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud service. The affected version explicitly identified is 16.0.1.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code locally on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise environment. The CVSS vector indicates low attack complexity, no privileges required, but user interaction is needed. The impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the update provided by Microsoft to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages remediation server-side. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32199 for detailed patching instructions and confirmation of remediation status.
CVE-2026-32199: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Description
Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-32199 is a use-after-free vulnerability (CWE-416) in Microsoft Office Excel component of Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. It enables an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally by exploiting improper memory handling. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud service. The affected version explicitly identified is 16.0.1.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code locally on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise environment. The CVSS vector indicates low attack complexity, no privileges required, but user interaction is needed. The impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability consequences.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the update provided by Microsoft to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages remediation server-side. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32199 for detailed patching instructions and confirmation of remediation status.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-11T00:26:53.428Z
- 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-2026-32199","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a3482d89c981fd6bce2
Added to database: 04/14/2026, 17:32:36 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 17:10:17 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 116
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