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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2023-36037 json

Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

published 2023-11-14 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-40021

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Patch / fix

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 16.79.23111019
  • Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2016 16.0.5422.1000

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019
  • Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
  • Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
  • Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
  • Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2016

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.