CVE-2025-21386 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary code by exploiting a use-after-free flaw in Microsoft Excel, requiring user interaction to open a malicious file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-21386?
CVE-2025-21386 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Apps, published on 11 Feb 2025. 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
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21386?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel, Microsoft Office Online Server.
How do I fix CVE-2025-21386?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21386 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2025-21386 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21386 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-21514 Microsoft Office Word Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
Sources
Also known as GHSA-86pr-h8wv-6hgc.