Microsoft Office Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2023-02-14
Federal due date
2023-03-07
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Office
EPSS
65.6th percentile (score 0.005, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21715

CISA short description

Microsoft Office Publisher contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows for a local, authenticated attack on a targeted system.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.