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
9.6
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
9.6
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
9.6
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
9.6
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.