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 over a network. The CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6 reflects a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker can disclose sensitive information remotely without privileges, potentially leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This could impact user authentication security and privacy.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the update for Microsoft Authenticator for Android version 6.0.0 as provided in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41615.
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 9.6critical
Affected software
Microsoft
Microsoft Authenticator for Android
Microsoft
Microsoft Authenticator for IOS
Weaknesses
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 over a network. The CVSS 3.1 score of 9.6 reflects a critical severity with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker can disclose sensitive information remotely without privileges, potentially leading to a complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system. This could impact user authentication security and privacy.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the update for Microsoft Authenticator for Android version 6.0.0 as provided in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41615.
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: 05/14/2026, 17:36:46 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 16:54:09 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 14:41:05 UTC
Views: 1050
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