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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (February 2026) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298566

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

The version of Microsoft Office for Mac installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the february-10-2026 advisory.

 - Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
 (CVE-2026-20952)

 - Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. (CVE-2026-20955, CVE-2026-20956)

 - Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
 (CVE-2026-20946)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to Office for Mac version 16.106 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4851f8ac

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298566

File Name: macos_ms26_feb_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/10/2026

Updated: 2/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-20956

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-20952

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-20946, CVE-2026-20952, CVE-2026-20955, CVE-2026-20956