CVE-2026-41106: CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot
CVE-2026-41106 is an open redirect vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allows unauthorized attackers to redirect users to untrusted sites, potentially enabling privilege escalation over a network. The vulnerability has a critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.3. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this cloud service vulnerability.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-41106) involves an open redirect flaw (CWE-601) in Microsoft 365 Copilot, a cloud-hosted service. An attacker can exploit this flaw to redirect users to untrusted external URLs, which may lead to privilege escalation in a network context. The vulnerability has a critical CVSS 3.1 score of 9.3, indicating high impact on confidentiality and integrity. Microsoft has released an official fix and manages remediation on the cloud service side.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized privilege escalation by redirecting users to malicious sites, compromising confidentiality and integrity of user sessions. Availability is not impacted. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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 is updated per Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41106. No additional action is required beyond applying the official fix.
CVE-2026-41106: CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot
Description
CVE-2026-41106 is an open redirect vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allows unauthorized attackers to redirect users to untrusted sites, potentially enabling privilege escalation over a network. The vulnerability has a critical severity with a CVSS score of 9.3. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this cloud service vulnerability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.3critical
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-41106) involves an open redirect flaw (CWE-601) in Microsoft 365 Copilot, a cloud-hosted service. An attacker can exploit this flaw to redirect users to untrusted external URLs, which may lead to privilege escalation in a network context. The vulnerability has a critical CVSS 3.1 score of 9.3, indicating high impact on confidentiality and integrity. Microsoft has released an official fix and manages remediation on the cloud service side.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized privilege escalation by redirecting users to malicious sites, compromising confidentiality and integrity of user sessions. Availability is not impacted. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
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 is updated per Microsoft's advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41106. No additional action is required beyond applying the official fix.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-16T19:12:36.196Z
- 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-2026-41106","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a46e7f427e9c797193afcb1
Added to database: 07/02/2026, 22:36:36 UTC
Last enriched: 08/16/2026, 13:23:57 UTC
Last updated: 08/17/2026, 00:41:12 UTC
Views: 153
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