CVE-2023-23399
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-23399- 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-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-27499
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-27499- 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
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4wcm-rwhh-gjfc
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-4wcm-rwhh-gjfc- 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-2023-23399- 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-125
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft excel
- microsoft 365 apps
- microsoft 365 apps for enterprise
- microsoft excel 2013 service pack 1
- microsoft excel 2016
- microsoft office 2013 service pack 1
- microsoft office 2016
- microsoft office 2019
- microsoft office 2019 for mac
- microsoft office ltsc 2021
- microsoft office ltsc for mac 2021
- microsoft office online server
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Excel 365 MSO (Version 2302 Build 16.0.16130.20186) 64-bit - Remote Code Execution (RCE) | 2023-04-08 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-23399 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Excel, published March 14, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.53%, the 84th percentile. No source names a fixed version.