CVE-2026-42893

high

Published 2026-05-12 · Modified 2026-06-01

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CVSS v3

7.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.4

Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in M365 Copilot allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

82%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Windows Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
microsoft	outlook	`{"endExcluding":"5.2617.1"}`	`5.2617.1`

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-42893

CWEs

CWE-77

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.