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CVE-2026-97004
CVE-2026-97004 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). 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.
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Microsoft rates it Important. CVSS 8.8 (High). Fixed by 1 Microsoft security update.
Risk summary
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability <1%. CVSS 8.8 (High).
This CVE is among the top 25% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
CVE-2026-97004 is an Excel remote code execution flaw that, per the data given, affects only the Mac builds of Office: Microsoft Office 365 for Mac, Office LTSC for Mac 2021, and Office LTSC for Mac 2024. Severity is High (CVSS 8.8), but exploit probability is low at 1% and it is not in CISA KEV, with no known ransomware use, so this is a prioritized patch rather than an emergency. Mac fleets are often managed outside the Windows patching pipeline, which makes them easy to miss.
Do this: Inventory every Mac running Microsoft Office 365 for Mac or Office LTSC for Mac 2021 or 2024 and push the Microsoft fix through your Mac management tooling this patch cycle.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-11-10. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2026-97004
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing update KB5002928 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-2026-97004. 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
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
- Microsoft Office 365 for Mac
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
- Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
- Office Online Server
- Fixed by the same update
- Authoritative references
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