CVE-2026-20943 (GCVE-0-2026-20943)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-13 17:56 – Updated: 2026-01-14 19:22
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Title
Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Summary
Untrusted search path in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Severity ?
7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 Affected: 16.0.0 , < 16.0.10417.20083 (custom)
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