CVE-2024-38226 (GCVE-0-2024-38226)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-09-10 16:53
Modified
2025-10-21 22:55
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Summary
Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 Version: 19.0.0   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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   Microsoft Microsoft Publisher 2016 Version: 16.0.0   < 16.0.5465.1001
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2024-09-10

Due date: 2024-10-01

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38226; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38226

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