VBA consumes a network-valued Excel defined name

OOXML_VBA_DEFINED_NAME_NETWORK_CONSUMED

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high OOXML_VBA_DEFINED_NAME_NETWORK_CONSUMED

What it means

VBA resolves a URL-bearing defined name and contains a network or execution sink.

Why it fires

The macro explicitly looks up the named value through Names, Range, or Evaluate and contains a sink such as FollowHyperlink, XMLHTTP, URLDownloadToFile, or Shell. The stored target is surfaced as an IOC.

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