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FAQ on CVE-2026-21514: OLE bypass N-Day in Microsoft Word

ID: 586c076b-4109-53ff-9280-23bde706e796

STIX ID: report--586c076b-4109-53ff-9280-23bde706e796

Feed Name: Security Boulevard

Threat Score
92/100

Date Published: 2026-03-17

Date Updated: 2026-04-22

Author: Research Special Operations

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Tenable reports that CVE-2026-21514, a Microsoft Word security-bypass (OLE/MotW) N-day actively exploited in the wild, enables silent arbitrary code execution when a user opens a malicious document; Tenable’s exposure analysis identifies ~13.99 million affected assets across seven countries and urges immediate patching, email gateway filtering of embedded OLE/COM objects, and deployment of Attack Surface Reduction rules.

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