CVE-2024-26199 Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in Microsoft Office to escalate privileges on affected systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-26199?
CVE-2024-26199 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Apps, published on 12 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26199?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft 365 Apps.
How do I fix CVE-2024-26199?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-26199 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-26199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft 365 Apps
- CVE-2024-21413 Microsoft Outlook Improper Input Validation
- CVE-2023-23397 Microsoft Office Outlook Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2024-38189 Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-35311 Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass
- CVE-2026-21514 Microsoft Office Word Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
Sources
Also known as GHSA-76hf-hrqr-9g56.