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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (April 2026)

high Nessus Plugin ID 306434

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Office that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally. (CVE-2026-32190)

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

Solution

Microsoft has released KB5002859 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002859

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 306434

File Name: smb_nt_ms26_apr_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/14/2026

Updated: 4/14/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-32190

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-32190

MSFT: MS26-5002859

MSKB: 5002859