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CVE-2026-55049

CVE-2026-55049 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-2026-55049

CVE-2026-55049 is a High severity remote code execution flaw (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Office 2019 (both 32-bit and 64-bit) and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise on 32-bit systems, meaning a crafted document could run code in the context of the user who opens it. The CVSS 7.8 profile points to local user interaction rather than remote network access, so exposure hinges on users opening malicious files. It is not listed in CISA KEV and has no confirmed ransomware use yet, so this is a patch-before-exploitation window rather than an active incident.

Do this: Deploy the Microsoft Office update for CVE-2026-55049 across your Office 2019 and Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise installs, prioritizing 32-bit deployments named in the advisory.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2026-55049

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-2026-55049 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2026-55049.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2026-55049: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: <1%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5002748
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 KB5002748. 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-2026-55049

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing update KB5002748 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-2026-55049. 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.

KB5002748

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same update

CVE-2026-55140

Authoritative references

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

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