Description of the security update for Office 2016: September 08, 2026 (KB5002904)

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 Excel remote code execution vulnerability,Microsoft Office Excel Information Disclosure vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerabilities, 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. 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 5002718

File hash information

File name SHA256 hash
chart2016-kb5002904-fullfile-x86-glb.exe 808F3545C18A4592F140E876D3DF245D1783FA812FA33282FA43F17339780FDE
chart2016-kb5002904-fullfile-x64-glb.exe 1666E3A8CF514790808BCD56CABBE8834FE17D8A0951BF528DF237F0A2F17EAD

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

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