CVE-2026-55042

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-14. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:microsoft, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Use of uninitialized resource in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
44%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-55042

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55042(2)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 82× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 219 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-17 23:01 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-17 23:01 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-17 23:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-17 19:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-15 03:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-14 08:55 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-14 08:55 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-14 08:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-13 16:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-13 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-13 07:43 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-13 07:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-12 01:23 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-12 01:23 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-12 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-10 09:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-09-09 22:43 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-09 22:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-08 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-08 20:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-08 01:20 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-08 01:20 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-09-08 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-06 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-06 00:31 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-06 00:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-04 22:49 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-04 22:49 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-04 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-02 19:43 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-02 19:43 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-02 19:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-02 14:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-01 13:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-31 15:45 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-31 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-31 05:46 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-31 05:46 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-31 05:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-30 04:33 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-30 04:33 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-30 04:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-08-28 22:20 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-08-28 22:20 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-28 22:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-28 03:43 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-28 03:43 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-28 03:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-08-27 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-27 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-27 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-26 01:18 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-26 01:18 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-26 01:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-24 21:22 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-24 21:22 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-24 21:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-23 20:58 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-23 20:58 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-08-23 20:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-08-22 19:46 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-08-22 19:46 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-08-22 19:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-08-21 18:34 UTCEG score recompute
  57. 2026-08-21 18:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-08-20 17:19 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-20 17:19 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-20 17:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-08-19 15:49 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-08-19 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-08-18 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-18 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-18 16:52 UTCEG score recompute
  70. 2026-08-18 16:52 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-08-18 16:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  73. 2026-08-17 18:38 UTCEG score recompute
  74. 2026-08-17 18:38 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-17 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-55042?
CVE-2026-55042 is a medium vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. Use of uninitialized resource in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
When was CVE-2026-55042 disclosed?
CVE-2026-55042 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-55042 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-55042 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 55.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-55042?
CVE-2026-55042 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.5 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-55042?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-55042, 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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