CVE-2026-33823: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Microsoft Teams
Improper authorization in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-33823 is an improper authorization vulnerability (CWE-285) in Microsoft Teams that enables an attacker with some level of authorization to disclose sensitive information over a network. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.6, reflecting critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required. The impact includes high confidentiality and integrity loss but no availability impact. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authorized access to Microsoft Teams can exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information over the network, resulting in a high impact on confidentiality and integrity of data. There is no reported impact on availability. No known exploits are currently active in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for CVE-2026-33823. Users and administrators of Microsoft Teams should apply the patch as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update to affected installations. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33823 for detailed patching instructions.
CVE-2026-33823: CWE-285: Improper Authorization in Microsoft Microsoft Teams
Description
Improper authorization in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-33823 is an improper authorization vulnerability (CWE-285) in Microsoft Teams that enables an attacker with some level of authorization to disclose sensitive information over a network. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.6, reflecting critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and no user interaction required. The impact includes high confidentiality and integrity loss but no availability impact. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authorized access to Microsoft Teams can exploit this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information over the network, resulting in a high impact on confidentiality and integrity of data. There is no reported impact on availability. No known exploits are currently active in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for CVE-2026-33823. Users and administrators of Microsoft Teams should apply the patch as soon as possible to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the update to affected installations. Refer to the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33823 for detailed patching instructions.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-24T00:52:01.351Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-33823","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69fd029bcbff5d8610389b81
Added to database: 5/7/2026, 9:22:35 PM
Last enriched: 5/7/2026, 9:37:05 PM
Last updated: 5/9/2026, 12:44:28 AM
Views: 17
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