September 10, 2024 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2024-38226 — Microsoft Publisher
Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2024-09-10- Federal due date
2024-10-01- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Publisher
- EPSS
- 81.0th percentile (score 0.014, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38226
CISA short description
Microsoft Publisher contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows attacker to bypass Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files.
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.