CVE-2026-81385 is a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher. An unauthorized attacker can exploit unsafe processing of attacker-controlled serialized data to execute code over a network on an affected Publisher installation that has not received the September 2026 security update.
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A Microsoft Publisher vulnerability referenced by the September 2026 Nessus plugin. The supplied content does not provide vulnerability mechanics, severity, exploitation status, or remediation details specific to this CVE.
A deserialization-of-untrusted-data vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher that permits unauthorized remote code execution.
A deserialization-of-untrusted-data vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher that could allow an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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