CVE-2023-36761

MEDIUM6.5

CISA KEV

Published 2023-09-12 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secure@microsoft.com

Summary

CVE-2023-36761 is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in Microsoft Word. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 12, 2023, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by October 3, 2023. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

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Description

Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-20

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: Microsoft — Word

Name: Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Date added: 2023-09-12 · Due: 2023-10-03

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

References

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