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Vulnerability · CVE-2023-36761

Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Sep 12, 2023 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Word

Patch now

CVE-2023-36761 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 3, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Word against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
19.57%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/365 apps · cpe microsoft/office · cpe microsoft/office long term servicing channel · cpe microsoft/word · vendor Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe microsoft/365 appsversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office2019
  • cpe microsoft/office long term servicing channel2021
  • cpe microsoft/word2013
  • vendor Microsoft Wordversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-36761

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-36761 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Oct 3, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Word against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/office long term servicing channel 2021. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation; CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. EPSS 19.57%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 12, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Word contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.

  2. Sep 12, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Oct 3, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

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

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Word contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-36761

    Microsoft Word contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-36761

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-36761

    30-day exploitation probability 19.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-36761

    Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-36761

    Microsoft Word contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for information disclosure.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.