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CVE-2026-96940: Microsoft Fixes Exchange Server Flaw For Which Exploitation Is More Likely

ID: 513a1835-ccce-504b-a4f8-9b2a449aea87

STIX ID: report--513a1835-ccce-504b-a4f8-9b2a449aea87

Feed Name: Security Affairs

Threat Score
72/100

Date Published: 2026-10-06

Date Updated: 2026-10-07

Author: Pierluigi Paganini

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Microsoft issued out-of-band security updates to address CVE-2026-96940, a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) authorization flaw in Exchange Server that can enable an authenticated attacker to escalate privileges and read other users’ mailboxes within the same tenant; on-premises Exchange versions listed in the advisory should be patched immediately while Exchange Online has already been remediated.

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