CVE-2026-20943: Microsoft Office

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: version 2016 only
• Microsoft Office Deployment Tool: before 16.0.19426.20170 (fixed in 16.0.19426.20170)
• Microsoft SharePoint Server: before 16.0.19127.20442 (fixed in 16.0.19127.20442); version 2016 only; version 2019 only

Published 2026-01-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.