Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-69626 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-69626 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-69626?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 8 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Office.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-69626?
- 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-2026-69626 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-69626?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Office. 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 buffer over-read vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office where a specially crafted input can cause the application to read beyond allocated memory boundaries. The vulnerability is triggered over the network and allows information disclosure; an attacker can craft a malicious document or network request to trigger the out-of-bounds read and leak data from adjacent memory regions. No authentication is required to exploit this issue. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2026-69626 with a CVSS score of 6.5.
Affected products
- Microsoft Office
Timeline
- 2026-09-08: disclosed