CVE-2023-36761
Medium 6.5 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Description
Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.5 (MEDIUM)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 20% (percentile: 97) as of 2 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-20
Affected products
microsoft: 365 apps; microsoft: office; microsoft: office long term servicing channel; microsoft: word
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36761 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36761 PatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023… US Government Resource