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High 7.5Published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-87696Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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It affects Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23 and 3 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, higher than 30% of scored CVEs.
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Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-347
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.38% (percentile 30)
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 13, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23 microsoft:exchange_server_2016_cumulative_update_23 (from the name) | from 15.01.0.0 before 15.01.2507.077 | CNA record |
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 microsoft:exchange_server_2019_cumulative_update_14 (from the name) | from 15.02.0.0 before 15.02.1544.050 | CNA record |
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 15 microsoft:exchange_server_2019_cumulative_update_15 (from the name) | from 15.02.0.0 before 15.02.1748.055 | CNA record |
Microsoft Microsoft Exchange Server Subscription Edition RTM microsoft:exchange_server_subscription_edition_rtm (from the name) | from 15.02.0.0 before 15.02.2562.056 | CNA record |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-87696vendor-advisory, patch
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