Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-72938 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-72938 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-72938?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 8 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-72938?
- 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-2026-72938 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-72938?
- Check whether you run Microsoft Office 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 type confusion vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office PowerPoint's resource handling mechanism, where the application incorrectly processes resources of incompatible types during file parsing. This memory safety issue allows an attacker to read adjacent memory regions and disclose sensitive information. The vulnerability requires a user to open a malicious PowerPoint file, making it a network-accessible attack vector (file download or email attachment). An attacker can craft a specially formatted presentation file to trigger the type confusion and leak information such as encryption keys, user data, or other confidential content from the PowerPoint process memory. Patches are available through Microsoft's security update channels.
Affected products
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint
Timeline
- 2026-09-08: disclosed