CVE-2022-26903 Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

What is CVE-2022-26903?

CVE-2022-26903 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 15 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Windows Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26903?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel Mobile, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Powerpoint Mobile, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows 11 and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2022-26903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26903 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2022-26903 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26903 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

• CVE-2019-1297 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-27xw-5882-cqhf.