CISA Warns of Microsoft PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

Cybersecuritynews •Abinaya • January 8, 2026

CISA issued a critical alert regarding a code-injection vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint that poses a significant risk to organizations worldwide. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2009-0556, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious PowerPoint files. Potentially compromising system security and enabling unauthorized access to sensitive data. The flaw lies in Microsoft PowerPoint’s handling […]

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CISA Issues Alert on Microsoft PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability CISA has issued a critical alert regarding a code-injection vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint, tracked as CVE-2009-0556. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through malicious PowerPoint files, potentially compromising system security and unauthorized access to sensitive data. Organizations worldwide are at risk due to this flaw. 2 sources 80

Extracted Entities

CVEs (1)

CVE-2009-0556

Platforms (1)

Microsoft PowerPoint