Executive Risk Summary
"A vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally through an untrusted pointer dereference. This could lead to a complete compromise of the system, allowing the attacker to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights."
Operational Audit Arsenal
Target Type DLL
Target Asset excel.exe
Standard Path %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: excel.exe (DLL)
$Targets = 'excel.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")
Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue |
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}Patch Impact Forecast
Reboot Required Likely
Moderate
Internal Work Notes
CVE-2026-20956: Untrusted pointer dereference in Microsoft Office Excel. Apply latest security updates from Microsoft to mitigate the vulnerability.
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Data compiled from NVD, MSRC, and CISA KEV Catalog. Intelligence synthesized via AI. Scripts provided for diagnostic purposes under MIT License.