{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 5 products.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2009-0238 in the wild since at least 14 Apr 2026.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2009-0238 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 28 Apr 2026.","what":"CVE-2009-0238 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 25 Feb 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2009-0238 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2009-0238 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 25 Feb 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2009-0238 in the wild since at least 14 Apr 2026.\n\nAffected product: Microsoft Excel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0238/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0238/index.md)","id":"CVE-2009-0238","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0238/index.md","name":"CVE-2009-0238","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-qw7j-w352-g8m7"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Microsoft Office Excel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening a crafted Excel document, affecting Microsoft Office Excel and viewers.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"code_injection"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"microsoft","cpe":[{"product":"excel","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"excel_viewer","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"office","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"office_compatibility_pack","vendor":"microsoft"},{"product":"office_excel_viewer","vendor":"microsoft"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cisa-adp","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-94","name":"Improper Control of Generation of Code"}],"description":"Microsoft Office Excel 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1; Excel Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Excel Viewer; Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1; and Excel in Microsoft Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel document that triggers an access attempt on an invalid object, as exploited in the wild in February 2009 by Trojan.Mdropper.AC.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2009-0238","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2026-04-14","dueDate":"2026-04-28","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Office","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"Microsoft","vulnerabilityName":"Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"microsoft:excel","products":["microsoft:excel","microsoft:excel_viewer","microsoft:office","microsoft:office_compatibility_pack"],"type":"code_injection","year":"2009"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":11,"next":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-0239"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-0237"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2009-02-25","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution","id":"CVE-2019-1297","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2019-09-11"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass","id":"CVE-2016-7262","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2016-12-20"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption","id":"CVE-2009-3129","kev_date_added":"2022-03-03","published":"2009-11-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-0081","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-01-16"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-6040","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-12-09"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-6122","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2015-12-09"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-15","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening a crafted Excel document, affecting Microsoft Office Excel and viewers.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0238/"}