CVE-2026-20943

Published: Jan 13, 2026

Modified: Apr 1, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.0

HIGH

Untrusted search path in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2016	affected `16.0.0 - < 16.0.5535.1000`
Microsoft	Microsoft Office Deployment Tool	affected `1.0 - < 16.0.19426.20170`
Microsoft	Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016	affected `16.0.0 - < 16.0.5535.1001`
Microsoft	Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019	affected `16.0.0 - < 16.0.10417.20083`
Microsoft	Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition	affected `16.0.0 - < 16.0.19127.20442`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

vendor-advisory

patch

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