Office security feature bypass actively exploited (CVE-2026-21509)

high severity · exploited in the wild · published 2026-01-26

An attacker can bypass a security feature in Microsoft Office. This flaw is being actively exploited, so attacks are already happening.

CVE: CVE-2026-21509

Source: Microsoft (MSRC)

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