Live › vulnerability › CVE-2024-38226
Go to dashboardMicrosoft Publisher has a protection mechanism failure that lets an attacker bypass Office macro policies meant to block untrusted or malicious files. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Publisher | vendor | – | – |
| microsoft office 2019 | vendor | – | – |
| microsoft office long term servicing channel | vendor | = 2021 | – |
| microsoft publisher | vendor | = 2016 | – |
Unknown from the sources.
Apply mitigations per Microsoft's vendor instructions, or stop using Microsoft Publisher if mitigations are unavailable (per CISA required action).
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
Microsoft Publisher contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows attacker to bypass Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files.
CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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