Description of the security update for Office 2016: July 14, 2026 (KB5002887)

Applies To

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

Summary

This security update resolves a Microsoft Office remote code execution vulnerability, Microsoft Office 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 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.

Download security update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB5002887)

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 5002878.

File hash information

File name	SHA256 hash
mso2016-kb5002887-fullfile-x86-glb.exe	F833FDACEF24C2315C6D1773C1BFED40703C23BDF26B4B21DFAA73F9E7511EA4
mso2016-kb5002887-fullfile-x64-glb.exe	4CF9E48ED374FB8EC4CDFCEAB6BFB01FA517830B47C9E4ADED9485918A89A09A

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following files. 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 in 5002887

For all supported x64-based versions of Office 2016