CVE-2024-26257
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 Apr 10, 2024
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26257- 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:H/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-23533
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-23533- 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:H/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5p3v-8pvq-68mj
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-5p3v-8pvq-68mj- 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-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-26257- 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-415
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
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-2024-26257 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft 365 Apps, published April 9, 2024. 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.