Description of the security update for Office 2016: July 14, 2026 (KB5002273)

Applies To
Office Standard 2016 Office Professional 2016 Office Professional Plus 2016 Office Home and Business 2016 Office Home and Student 2016

Summary

This security update resolves a Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution vulnerability.To learn more about the vulnerability, see the following security advisories:

Note

To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Office 2016 installed on the computer.

Be aware that the update in the Microsoft Download Center applies to the Microsoft Installer (.msi)-based edition of Office 2016. It doesn't apply to the Office 2016 Click-to-Run editions, such as Microsoft Office 365 Home.See What version of Office am I using

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the standalone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

More information

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see Deployments - Security Update Guide.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update 5002112

File hash information

File name SHA256 hash
vbe72016-kb5002273-fullfile-x64-glb.exe F2EF067686CBAEA92DD8D3B2C0C2075987F3ABE0341E6133E3A16BE84E06E5D7
vbe72016-kb5002273-fullfile-x86-glb.exe 289B739695F4BB6015B9EE0059B83AFEDF9353B052D4AA0626067262425082A1

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

For all supported x86-based versions of Office 2016

For all supported x64-based versions of Office 2016

Information about protection and security

Protect yourself online: Windows Security support

Learn how we guard against cyber threats: Microsoft Security

Change history

The following table summarizes some of the most important changes to this topic.

Date Description
July 15, 2022 Added a "Known issues in this update" section to describe an issue that users may experience after installing this update.
July 16, 2022 Added a link to provide more details about the known issue.
July 25, 2022 Added a second item to the "Known issues in this update" section (VBA macro links).
August 2, 2022 Added a resolution for the first known issue in the "Known issues in this update" section.
August 11, 2022 Added a third item to the "Known issues in this update" section (VBA project).
August 20, 2022 Added a fix for the second known issue in the "Known issues in this update" section.
September 6, 2022 Added a fix for the third known issue in the "Known issues in this update" section.