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CVE-2025-49756: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise · Weak Cryptography

Affects Microsoft 365 Apps for EnterpriseSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.3 Low.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:29 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
3.3Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for EnterpriseAffected
  • =16.0.1
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-49756, European organizations should: 1) Monitor Microsoft security advisories closely for the release of official patches or updates addressing this vulnerability and apply them promptly. 2) Limit local access to systems running Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise to trusted users only, enforcing strict access controls and user authentication policies. 3) Educate users about the risks of interacting with untrusted content or executing unknown macros within Office documents, as user interaction is required for exploitation. 4) Employ endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions to monitor for suspicious local activities that might indicate attempts to exploit cryptographic weaknesses. 5) Review and harden cryptographic policies and configurations where possible, ensuring that deprecated algorithms are disabled or replaced with stronger alternatives. 6) Conduct regular security audits and penetration tests focusing on local privilege escalation and cryptographic controls within enterprise applications. 7) Consider implementing application whitelisting and macro restrictions in Microsoft Office to reduce the attack surface. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on local access control, user behavior, and cryptographic hygiene specific to the affected product and vulnerability.

Description

Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in Office Developer Platform allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

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