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🛡️ CVE-2026-48580 — 365-apps

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-822 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-48580 is classified as CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference. The product obtains a value from an untrusted source, converts this value to a pointer, and dereferences the resulting pointer.

Affected software

CVE-2026-48580 is recorded against 7 packages.

  • 365-apps
  • excel
  • microsoft-365
  • office-2019
  • office-2021
  • office-2024
  • office-online-server (fixed in 16.0.10417.20175)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 July 2026 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

msrc.microsoft.com

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-822: Untrusted Pointer Dereference) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-822
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-07-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-15

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
365-apps
excel
microsoft-365
office-2019
office-2021
office-2024
office-online-server 16.0.10417.20175

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