Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-41102 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-41102 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-41102?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.1, published 12 May 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-41102?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-41102 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a network appliance.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-41102?
- Check whether you run Microsoft PowerPoint. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A local spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office PowerPoint due to improper access control (CWE-284). An attacker with low-privileged local access to a system can exploit this flaw to bypass security restrictions and misrepresent content or identity within the application. The attack vector is local, meaning the attacker must already have the ability to execute code or access the target system. Successful exploitation could result in high impacts to data confidentiality and integrity, though it does not directly impact system availability. Microsoft has released information regarding this vulnerability via their Security Update Guide.
Affected products
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint
Timeline
- 2026-05-12: disclosed
- 2026-05-12: advisory: Microsoft published the security advisory.