CVE-2024-38226
Microsoft Publisher Protection Mechanism Failure Vulnerability
Microsoft · Publisher
Vulnerability details
Microsoft Publisher contains a protection mechanism failure vulnerability that allows attacker to bypass Office macro policies used to block untrusted or malicious files.
Added to CISA KEV: 2024-09-10
Ransomware campaign use: Unknown
CISA due date: 2024-10-01
Defensive guidance from CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
This is the source's required-action field, not an independently validated patch procedure. Refer to the vendor for exact affected versions and fixes.
Source catalog date: 2026-11-06T19:44:45.1797Z · Last retrieved: 2026-11-06 21:02:26 UTC