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CVE-2026-21259

CVE-2026-21259 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.

High

High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.8. Fixed by 2 Microsoft security updates.

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Risk summary

CVSS base
7.8
EPSS exploit probability
<1%
Severity
High

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2026-21259

Unusually for an Office bug, this Excel flaw is classed as elevation of privilege rather than code execution, affecting Office Online Server and Office 2019. It rates High Severity at CVSS 7.8 with a 1 percent EPSS score. On Office Online Server the concern is an escalation inside shared rendering infrastructure that many users depend on.

Do this: Update Office Online Server and Office 2019 in the standard cycle, server farms first.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2026-21259

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Schedule normally
No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS under 1%.
Fixed by KB5002835 and 1 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.
Do this now: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

Updated August 7, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.

Full tracking and change history for CVE-2026-21259

Published
2026-02-10
Last revised
2026-02-10
Changes tracked
1

Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.

Exploitation and severity

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.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2026-21259

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002835, KB5002837 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-2026-21259. 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.

KB5002835KB5002837

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

If you are patching CVE-2026-21259, the same updates also fix these:

CVE-2026-21258CVE-2026-21261

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detailMicrosoft MSRCFIRST.org EPSS

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