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CVE-2026-45645

CVE-2026-45645 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy the update below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High

7.8

CVSS

<1%

EPSS, 30 days

High

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.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2026-45645

Unusually for a Microsoft Office remote code execution bug, the affected list here leads with Microsoft Office 365 for Mac alongside Office 2019 for Windows, so Mac fleets are in scope. Severity is High (CVSS 7.8) and EPSS shows 0 percent exploit probability, with no CISA KEV or ransomware activity, so this is a routine document-borne risk rather than an emergency. Office RCE flaws typically trigger when a user opens a crafted file, which keeps phishing the likely delivery path.

Do this: Push the Office update through your normal channel and confirm Mac clients on Office 365 are not skipped by your patch tooling.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2026-45645

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2026-45645 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2026-45645.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2026-45645: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: <1%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5002852
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Schedule normally

No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS under 1%.

Fixed by KB5002852. 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.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2026-45645

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing update KB5002852 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security update below to fix CVE-2026-45645. 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.

KB5002852

Scope and sources

Affected products

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC FIRST.org EPSS

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