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CVE-2025-59240: Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-11-11 · updated 2026-10-18
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft 365 Apps: all versions
• Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1: 2016
• Microsoft Office: 2019
• Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: 2021, 2024
• Microsoft 365 Apps: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
• Microsoft Excel 2016: from 16.0.0.0 before 16.0.5526.1002 — fixed in 16.0.5526.1002
• Microsoft Office LTSC 2021: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
• Microsoft Office: from 19.0.0 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
• Microsoft Office LTSC 2024: from 16.0.0 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft 365 Apps https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Excel 2016 16.0.5526.1002; Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Office https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases; Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59240

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