CVE-2026-62896
Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-62896- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-54312
Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2026-54312- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x274-p4gq-2363
Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges...
Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
GHSA-x274-p4gq-2363- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-62896- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-62896 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Microsoft Teams, published August 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.