Excel vulnerabilitiesAnd the versions its exploited flaws hit.
Excel is made by Microsoft. We track 365 published vulnerabilities listed under that exact name, across 19 versions. 6 of them are on the list of flaws known to be exploited, the newest added on 14 April 2026. Microsoft lists newer releases under their own names, such as Excel Viewer, so check those pages too.
The most recent Excel flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2009-0238, on 14 April 2026. We keep watching the known-exploited list.
Is Excel listed under other names? Yes.
Microsoft also lists Excel under more specific names, such as Excel Viewer and Excel for Mac. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. If you run one of these, open its page for its own exploited flaws.
Which versions of Excel do the exploited flaws hit?
Each exploited flaw lists the versions it affects, as published by the vendor. Find your version, then patch.
- CVE-2009-0238Exploited list, 14 Apr 2026
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
2000-sp32002-sp32003-sp32007-sp1 - CVE-2007-0671Exploited list, 12 Aug 2025
Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
200020022003 - CVE-2009-3129Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
2002-sp32003-sp32007-sp12007-sp2 - CVE-2016-7262Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
2007-sp32010-sp22013-sp12016 - CVE-2019-1297Exploited list, 3 Mar 2022
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
2010-sp22013-sp12016 - CVE-2021-42292Exploited list, 17 Nov 2021
Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass
2013-sp1
Which Excel vulnerabilities are being exploited?
6 flaws are on the government list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited. These are the ones criminals are using now, so they go first, whatever their severity score says.
- 8.8Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution
Microsoft Office Excel contains a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file that includes a...
- 8.8Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Excel contains a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited when a specially crafted Excel file is opened.
- 7.8Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Excel allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a spreadsheet with a FEATHEADER record containing an invalid cbHdrData size element that affects a pointer offset.
- 7.8Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input.
- 8.8Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory.
- 7.8Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass
A security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Excel would allow a local user to perform arbitrary code execution.
Which Excel flaws are most likely to be used?
Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.
- 70%CVE-2011-0105Critical
Microsoft Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac obtain a certain length value from an uninitialized memory location, which allows remote attackers to trigger a...
- 70%CVE-2010-0822Critical
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel 2002 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel file...
- 58%CVE-2008-0081Critical
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000 SP3 through 2003 SP2, Viewer 2003, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted macros, aka "Macro Validation...
- 58%
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a...
- 57%CVE-2023-36041High
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- 54%CVE-2002-1143Medium
Microsoft Word and Excel allow remote attackers to steal sensitive information via certain field codes that insert the information when the document is returned to the attacker, as demonstrated in Word using (1)...
- 54%CVE-2023-32029High
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Microsoft Office Excel contains a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an attacker to take complete control of an affected system if a user opens a specially crafted Excel file that includes a malformed object.
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We track 365 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Excel, across 19 versions. The most recent Excel flaw added to the known-exploited list is CVE-2009-0238, on 14 April 2026.
6 are on the list of flaws known to be exploited. The most recently added are CVE-2009-0238, CVE-2007-0671 and CVE-2009-3129.
Microsoft also lists Excel under more specific names, such as Excel Viewer and Excel for Mac. Flaws listed only under those names are counted on their own pages, not here. Open the release you run to see its own list.
Each flaw names its own versions, usually as ranges. The newest, CVE-2009-0238, affects 2000-sp3, 2002-sp3, 2003-sp3, 2007-sp1. The versions for every exploited flaw are listed on this page.
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