CVE-2026-41615: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Microsoft Microsoft Authenticator for Android
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Authenticator allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability in Microsoft Authenticator for Android (version 6.0.0) involves the exposure of sensitive information to unauthorized actors via network communication. The CVSS v3.1 score of 9.6 reflects a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed. The impact includes complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and provided an official fix as detailed in their security advisory.
Potential Impact
An attacker can disclose sensitive information over a network without privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected application. This could undermine the security assurances provided by Microsoft Authenticator for Android, impacting user authentication security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should promptly apply the patch available from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41615. No additional mitigations are indicated beyond applying the official update.
CVE-2026-41615: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Microsoft Microsoft Authenticator for Android
Description
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Authenticator allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in Microsoft Authenticator for Android (version 6.0.0) involves the exposure of sensitive information to unauthorized actors via network communication. The CVSS v3.1 score of 9.6 reflects a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, and user interaction needed. The impact includes complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue and provided an official fix as detailed in their security advisory.
Potential Impact
An attacker can disclose sensitive information over a network without privileges, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected application. This could undermine the security assurances provided by Microsoft Authenticator for Android, impacting user authentication security.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should promptly apply the patch available from the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41615. No additional mitigations are indicated beyond applying the official update.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-21T22:14:12.924Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41615","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a06082eec166c07b0fd3b53
Added to database: 5/14/2026, 5:36:46 PM
Last enriched: 5/14/2026, 5:51:48 PM
Last updated: 5/15/2026, 6:05:28 AM
Views: 26
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