PT-2026-2744 · Microsoft · Office+1

Kazuma Matsumoto · Published 2026-01-13 · Updated 2026-03-10 · CVE-2026-20943

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified)

Description An issue exists in Microsoft Office where an untrusted search path can allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-00417

CVE-2026-20943

Affected Products

Office

Sharepoint Server

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20943 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-20943 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-00417 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20943 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20943 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/msrcreports/2998 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2011181538734719398 · Twitter Post