CVE-2026-96997: microsoft 365_apps Use After Free

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-96997 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in microsoft 365_apps. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 13-10-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 19-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use after free in Microsoft Office OneNote allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

• CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.