CVE-2026-78520: Microsoft Office Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability

12

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.9% (30-day exploitation probability)+9
Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.92%

ahead of 59% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Microsoft

365 Apps and 12 more

CVSS base

6.5

Medium · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

No

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented patch — msrc.microsoft.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Microsoft 365, Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise…).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (memory corruption), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Microsoft	365 Apps	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Microsoft	Microsoft 365	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Microsoft	Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise	≥ 16.0.1 and < 16.0.20326.20138	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2019	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2019	≥ 19.0.0 and < 16.0.10417.20207	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 365 for Mac	≥ 1.0.0 and < 16.113.26091433	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Microsoft Office LTSC 2021	≥ 16.0.1 and < 16.0.14334.20906	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Microsoft Office LTSC 2024	≥ 16.0.0 and < 16.0.17932.20976	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021	≥ 16.0.1 and < 16.113.26091433	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024	≥ 16.0.0 and < 16.113.26091433	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Microsoft Word 2016	≥ 16.0.1 and < 16.0.5569.1000	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Microsoft	Office 2021	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Microsoft	Office 2024	versions not specified by the source	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Microsoft	Word	version 2016	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
6.5	CVSS 3.1	Medium	2.8	3.6	secure@microsoft.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
6.5	CVSS 3.1	Medium	—	—	microsoft via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (score shown at the top: secure@microsoft.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Correlate service crashes/restarts with inbound traffic; repeated crashes may indicate attempts.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSendpoint telemetry (EDR)crash dumps

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Fix documented
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Affected products added · microsoft/365 apps, microsoft/microsoft 365, microsoft/office 2019, microsoft/office 2021, microsoft/office 2024, micros
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · Published → Analyzed
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record published
Oct 14, 2026
CVSS changed · 6.5
Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Source status changed · → Published
Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record created in this database
Oct 14, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVE published
Sep 8, 2026 · microsoft

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 14, 2026

References

1 on the record

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-78520
vendor-advisory, patch, Patch, Vendor Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Elsewhere on this site

Microsoft
every CVE for this vendor

Memory corruption
same class

CWE-125
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-108453 Microsoft Office PowerPoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2h
Medium CVE-2026-108454 Microsoft Office PowerPoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2h
Medium CVE-2026-108455 Microsoft Office PowerPoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability 2h
High CVE-2026-108450 Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 2h
High CVE-2026-108451 Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 2h
High CVE-2026-108448 Microsoft Office Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 2h

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-78520 is "Microsoft Office Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability", rated Medium. It affects 365 Apps (Microsoft); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 6.5 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.92% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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