CVE-2023-36896
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.8 High
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
0.99%Up 0.9 points since Aug 9, 2023
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36896- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-40816
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-40816- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hwv5-c9xr-g79c
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-hwv5-c9xr-g79c- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36896- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft 365 apps
- microsoft 365 apps for enterprise
- microsoft excel 2013 service pack 1
- microsoft excel 2016
- microsoft office 2019
- microsoft office 2019 for mac
- microsoft office ltsc 2021
- microsoft office ltsc for mac 2021
- microsoft office online server
- microsoft office
- microsoft office long term servicing channel
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-36896 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft 365 Apps, published August 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.