CVE-2026-21259 — Microsoft Excel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Executive Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Overview

7.8

CVSS HIGH

Important

MS Severity

Not Exploited

MS Exploit Status

Less Likely

MS Exploit Likelihood

Category Elevation of Privilege

Released Feb 10 2026

Last Updated Feb 10 2026

Publicly Disclosed No

CISA KEV Not Listed

Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score 0.00524 — 0.40187 percentile

CVSS Vector

ATTACK VECTOR

Local

ATTACK COMPLEXITY

Low

PRIVILEGES REQUIRED

None

USER INTERACTION

Required

SCOPE

Unchanged

Temporal Score: 6.8

EPSS Score

0.00524

probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

0.40187 percentile - updated 2026-06-20

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Affected Products

11 affected products

Product	KB Article	Severity	Impact	Restart Required
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)	`5002837 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Maybe
Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)	`5002837 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Maybe
Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	No
Office Online Server	`5002835 (Security Update)`	Important	Elevation of Privilege	Maybe

Patches

3 patches

Article	Type	Restart
`Click to Run`	Security Update	No
`5002837`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002835`	Security Update	Maybe

Known Exploits

No known exploits have been linked for this CVE yet. When available, exploit references will be sourced from public repositories and may be unverified, incomplete, or non-functional. Always review code carefully before use in any environment.

Acknowledgments

Quan Jin with DBAPPSecurity

References

MSRC Advisory MITRE NVD