CVE-2025-21381

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—Trending — 4 sources updated this week

7.8

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS v3: 7.8
EG Score: 7.8(medium)
EPSS: 62.8%
KEV: Not listed

Published

February 11, 2025

Last Modified

July 1, 2025

References (1)

secure@microsofthttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21381

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-21381(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

CVE-2025-21381
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Critical
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-822Untrusted Pointer Dereference

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

2026-06-02 20:12 UTCepss_batch
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2026-05-30 11:58 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 11:58 UTCVendor advisory
2026-05-30 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:44 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-21381?

CVE-2025-21381 is a high vulnerability published on February 11, 2025. Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

When was CVE-2025-21381 disclosed?

CVE-2025-21381 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 11, 2025, with the most recent update on July 1, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2025-21381 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-21381 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 62.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-21381?

CVE-2025-21381 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2025-21381?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-21381, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2025-21381

📅 Published

🔄 Last Modified

🔗 References (1)

📣 Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-21381(1)