Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Assessment

Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Severity
Important
CVSS base score
7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
EPSS, next 30 days
2.5%Higher than 84.2% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
Exploitability
Exploitation Unlikely
Publicly disclosed
No
Customer action
Required: apply the update
Component
Microsoft Exchange Server
Weakness
CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Issued by
Microsoft
Published
14 Jul 2026 · July 2026
Last revised
14 Jul 2026

Updates that fix it

4 KBs
KBTypeRestartApplies toOther CVEs
KB5103212 Security Update Required Microsoft Exchange Server Subscription Edition RTM All CVEs in KB5103212
KB5103213 Security Update Required Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 15 All CVEs in KB5103213
KB5103214 Security Update Required Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14 All CVEs in KB5103214
KB5103215 Security Update Required Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23 All CVEs in KB5103215

Affected products

ESU, Server Software
4 affected products
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 23
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 14
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 15
  • Microsoft Exchange Server Subscription Edition RTM
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