Sep 2026: Microsoft Office Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2026-78506 Published on September 8, 2026

Microsoft Office Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Improper null termination in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Weakness Type

Improper Null Termination

The software does not terminate or incorrectly terminates a string or array with a null character or equivalent terminator. Null termination errors frequently occur in two different ways. An off-by-one error could cause a null to be written out of bounds, leading to an overflow. Or, a program could use a strncpy() function call incorrectly, which prevents a null terminator from being added at all. Other scenarios are possible.


Products Associated with CVE-2026-78506

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Affected Versions

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise: Microsoft Office 2019: Microsoft Office 365 for Mac: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021: Microsoft Office LTSC 2024: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024: Microsoft Word 2016: