# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-40058"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-15T17:47:53.251Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-15T18:04:52.198Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:08.712Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-40058"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-40058.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40058"
title: "Vulnerability Affecting Office Macro Removal in CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor for Windows"
summary: "CrowdStrike released a security update to address a vulnerability in the Falcon sensor for Windows. The vulnerability only exists when the Microsoft Office File Malicious Macro Removal Windows policy setting is enabled and customers remain protected through the Cloud Anti-malware for Microsoft Office Files settings.\n\n\n\n\nAn update is available immediately for versions 7.34 and above, 7.32 LTS, and 7.16 for Windows 7/2008 R2 systems. The Falcon sensor for Mac, Linux, and Legacy Systems are not affected. \n\n\n\n\nThis vulnerability could expose an arbitrary file write to protected locations from an unprivileged context, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.\n\n\n\n\nThe CrowdStrike Laroux Malware Cleanup Tool, based off of the same feature in the CrowdStrike Falcon sensor for Windows, is also affected. An update for this tool is also available immediately."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"8.10.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"8.10.21408"},{"version":"7.40.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.40.21309"},{"version":"7.39.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.39.21113"},{"version":"7.38.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.38.21007"},{"version":"7.37.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.37.20912"},{"version":"7.36.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.36.20807"},{"version":"7.35.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.35.20712"},{"version":"7.34.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.34.20613"},{"version":"7.33.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.32.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.32.20410"}],"vendor":"CrowdStrike","product":"Falcon sensor for Windows","platforms":["Windows"],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"versions":[{"version":"7.16.0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"7.16.18644"}],"vendor":"CrowdStrike","product":"Falcon sensor for Windows","platforms":["Windows 7","Windows Server 2008"],"defaultStatus":"unknown"},{"versions":[{"version":"1.0.20","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"1.4.70.0"}],"vendor":"CrowdStrike","product":"Laroux Cleanup Tool","platforms":["Windows"],"defaultStatus":"unknown"}]

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