CVE-2026-124174
A NVD · · CVE-2026-124174
Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
NATO Admiralty (AJP-2.1) grades confidence, independent of the risk score. Cross-source corroboration isn't tracked for non-CVE news, so single-source items are capped at a lower credibility number; a low number does not imply low quality.
Key metrics
- CVSS
- 8.8
- EPSS
- 0%
Key insight
The report only provides the NVD description of an Excel RCE vulnerability without evidence of active exploitation, exploit code, or affected sectors.
Description
CVE-2026-124174 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Excel. An unauthorized attacker can thereby execute code over the network. The NVD description provides no further details on the attack vector, exploitation status, or affected versions. There is no indication of active exploitation, proof-of-concept code, or KEV inclusion.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 88.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 0.00
- raw before weight
- 88.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
Path: operational