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CVE-2025-54896
CVE-2025-54896 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 2 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
Risk summary
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability <1%. CVSS 7.8 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
Closing out the set is another Excel remote code execution flaw affecting Office Online Server and both Office 2019 editions, High Severity at CVSS 7.8. Its individual EPSS score of 1 percent is unremarkable, but as part of a large batch of Excel parsing fixes it strengthens the case for treating the whole family as a single patching obligation. No exploitation has been observed.
Do this: Verify one consolidated Office and Office Online Server update covers this and its sibling Excel CVEs, then confirm deployment reached every farm node.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2025-54896
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002776, KB5002782 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.
Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2025-54896. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same updates
- Authoritative references
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