CVE-2026-68809Important
Powerpoint Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Assessment
Incomplete cleanup in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 5.5CVSS:3.1/
AV:L/ AC:L/ PR:N/ UI:R/ S:U/ C:H/ I:N/ A:N/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Information Disclosure
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.4%Higher than 35.3% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Unlikely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Microsoft Office PowerPoint
- Weakness
- CWE-459: Incomplete Cleanup
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026 · August 2026
- Last revised
- 11 Aug 2026
Updates that fix it
1 KB| KB | Type | Restart | Applies to | Other CVEs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KB5002899 | Security Update | — | Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (32-bit edition), Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (64-bit edition) | All CVEs in KB5002899 |
Affected products
Microsoft Office10 affected products
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
- Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (32-bit edition)
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (64-bit edition)