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 Executionvulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerability, see Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2026-45645.

Note: To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Microsoft 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. To install the update, follow the installation instructions on the download page.

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 5002713.

File hash information

File name

SHA256 hash

msodll302016-kb5002852 -fullfile-x86-glb.exe

3C4F6B01769744F8D2F952E49478394985AFB3018DB6B80B7AF6F7E343658788

msodll302016-kb5002852-fullfile-x64-glb.exe

1740892ACD69685A16D61E1CE7F7108FA1238C0F4303A8DB7570683C405CFCA6

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

Download the list of files that are included in security update 5002852.

For all supported x64-based versions of Office 2016 ​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​Download the list of files that are included in security update 5002852.

Information about protection and security

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Learn how we guard against cyber threats: Microsoft Security

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