Buffer overflow in Microsoft Exchange Online allows code execution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from Microsoft.
Summary
A stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-121) in Microsoft Exchange Online allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5 (HIGH), with vector 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. Microsoft lists no public disclosure and no known exploitation, and CISA has not added the flaw to KEV. CISA SSVC rates exploitation as none, not automatable, with total technical impact.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Exchange Online allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Microsoft Exchange Online.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Vendor assessments
Microsoft
Microsoft's page for this CVE →
- Impact
- Remote Code Execution
- Exploited
- No
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Exploitability
- —
Timeline
- 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-96185
- 2026-10-23 Alias added: GHSA-p369-hr2h-46vj
- 2026-10-24 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-96185 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-96185 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p369-hr2h-46vj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-96185 · Microsoft Security Update Guide
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