CVE-2026-26129: CWE-138: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot's Business Chat
Improper neutralization of special elements in M365 Copilot allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-26129) involves improper neutralization of special elements (CWE-138) in Microsoft 365 Copilot's Business Chat, which can lead to unauthorized information disclosure over the network. The flaw requires no privileges or user interaction to exploit and affects the confidentiality of data. Microsoft has released an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud service. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), reflecting high confidentiality impact with network attack vector and low attack complexity.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information from Microsoft 365 Copilot's Business Chat without authentication or user interaction. The impact is limited to confidentiality; integrity and availability are not affected. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability and manages remediation for the cloud-hosted Microsoft 365 Copilot service. Users and administrators should ensure their service instances are updated according to Microsoft's guidance available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26129. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official fix.
CVE-2026-26129: CWE-138: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot's Business Chat
Description
Improper neutralization of special elements in M365 Copilot allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-26129) involves improper neutralization of special elements (CWE-138) in Microsoft 365 Copilot's Business Chat, which can lead to unauthorized information disclosure over the network. The flaw requires no privileges or user interaction to exploit and affects the confidentiality of data. Microsoft has released an official fix and manages remediation for this cloud service. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), reflecting high confidentiality impact with network attack vector and low attack complexity.
Potential Impact
An attacker can remotely exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information from Microsoft 365 Copilot's Business Chat without authentication or user interaction. The impact is limited to confidentiality; integrity and availability are not affected. There are no reports of active exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability and manages remediation for the cloud-hosted Microsoft 365 Copilot service. Users and administrators should ensure their service instances are updated according to Microsoft's guidance available at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26129. No additional mitigation actions are required beyond applying the official fix.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-02-11T15:52:13.912Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Is Cloud Service
- true
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26129","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69fd029bcbff5d8610389b72
Added to database: 5/7/2026, 9:22:35 PM
Last enriched: 5/7/2026, 9:38:22 PM
Last updated: 5/8/2026, 11:39:58 PM
Views: 21
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