CVE-2026-68792 Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authorized attacker can locally elevate privileges via command injection in Microsoft Office, requiring a security patch.
- 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-2026-68792?
CVE-2026-68792 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Apps, published on 11 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Microsoft Office allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-77
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-68792?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office 2021, Microsoft Office 2024.
How do I fix CVE-2026-68792?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-68792 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2026-68792 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-68792 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-q6gv-265p-p9fg.