CVE-2026-32200: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Use after free in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32200) involves a use-after-free condition in Microsoft Office PowerPoint as part of Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. Exploitation could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code locally. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service. The affected version explicitly identified is 16.0.1.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in local code execution by an unauthorized attacker, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There are currently no known exploits in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages remediation server-side. Users and administrators should refer to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32200 for detailed patching instructions and ensure their Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise installations are updated to the fixed version.
CVE-2026-32200: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Description
Use after free in Microsoft Office PowerPoint 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
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-32200) involves a use-after-free condition in Microsoft Office PowerPoint as part of Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. Exploitation could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute arbitrary code locally. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates local attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service. The affected version explicitly identified is 16.0.1.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in local code execution by an unauthorized attacker, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There are currently no known exploits in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Since this is a cloud-hosted service, Microsoft manages remediation server-side. Users and administrators should refer to the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32200 for detailed patching instructions and ensure their Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise installations are updated to the fixed version.
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-2026-32200","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69de7a3482d89c981fd6bce5
Added to database: 04/14/2026, 17:32:36 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 17:10:33 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 117
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