PT-2026-2748 · Microsoft · Office Word+1

Devoke + 2 · Published 2026-01-13 · Updated 2026-01-13 · CVE-2026-20948

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

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

Description An issue exists in Microsoft Office Word where an untrusted pointer dereference 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 Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-822

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-00654

CVE-2026-20948

Affected Products

Office Word

Sharepoint Server

References · 6

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20948 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-00654 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20948 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-20948 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-20948 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2011142890999742892 · Twitter Post