CVE-2026-72976

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.05.0—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-08. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:microsoft, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Word allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

CVSS v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0(high)
EG Risk
23(Track)
EG Risk 23/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity50% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
41%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 8, 2026

Last Modified

September 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 9, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-72976

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72976(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 32× in last 7d / 92× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-24 22:43 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-24 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-24 20:53 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-24 20:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-24 17:44 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-24 17:44 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-24 17:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-23 23:02 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-23 23:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-23 18:34 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-23 18:34 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-23 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-22 18:06 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-22 18:06 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-22 18:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-21 16:33 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-21 16:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-21 00:03 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-21 00:03 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-09-21 00:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-19 22:29 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-19 22:29 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-09-19 22:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-18 20:57 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 20:57 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-18 20:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-18 14:06 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-09-18 14:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-17 23:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-17 23:28 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-17 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-17 20:30 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-17 20:30 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-17 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-17 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-17 20:07 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-17 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-17 00:27 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-17 00:27 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-09-17 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-15 22:54 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-15 22:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-15 17:50 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-09-15 17:50 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-15 17:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-15 03:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-14 23:06 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-14 23:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-14 17:37 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-09-14 17:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-09-14 01:42 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-09-14 01:42 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-14 01:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-13 00:08 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-09-13 00:08 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-09-13 00:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-12 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-09-11 22:35 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-09-11 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-09-11 19:58 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-11 19:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-11 16:58 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-11 16:58 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-09-11 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-09-10 23:49 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-10 23:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-09-09 21:48 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-09-09 21:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-09-09 20:00 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-09-09 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-09-08 23:55 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-09-08 23:55 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-09-08 23:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-09-08 20:40 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-09-08 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-09-08 20:16 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-09-08 20:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-09-08 18:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-09-08 18:39 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-09-08 18:39 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-09-08 18:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-09-08 17:43 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-09-08 17:43 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-08 17:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72976?
CVE-2026-72976 is a medium vulnerability published on September 8, 2026. Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Word allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
When was CVE-2026-72976 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72976 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 8, 2026, with the most recent update on September 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72976 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72976 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 58.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72976?
CVE-2026-72976 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.0 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72976?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72976, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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