CVE-2026-97743 Microsoft Office Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
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CVE-2026-97743 Microsoft Office Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
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CVE-2026-97743 Microsoft Office Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office for Mac. Customers running affected Mac software should install the update for their product to be protected from this vulnerability. Customers running other Microsoft Office software do not need to take any action. See the [Release Notes](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049) for more information and download links.
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CVE-2026-97743 Microsoft Office Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
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Microsoft Office Excel contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows an attacker to disclose information over a network. The flaw affects the application's memory handling, creating a condition where freed memory is accessed inappropriately. Exploitation requires network access to the target system.
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users running Microsoft Office for Mac should install the available update for their product to protect against potential exploitation. The company states that customers using other versions of Microsoft Office do not require any action.
Additional details about the vulnerability are available in the official release notes accompanying the security update. The advisory represents an informational acknowledgement from Microsoft regarding this disclosure vulnerability.
What happened
Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office for Mac. Customers running affected Mac software should install the update for their product to be protected from this vulnerability. Customers running other Microsoft Office software do not need to take any action. See the [Release Notes](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049) for more information and download links.
Narrow impact or difficult preconditions.
- Impact
- Information Disclosure
- Product
- Microsoft Office Excel
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