CVE-2026-45497: CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Microsoft Copilot allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CWE-77) in Microsoft 365 Copilot involves improper neutralization of special elements in commands, enabling an authorized attacker to perform command injection and execute arbitrary code remotely. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.7, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has issued an official fix as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code remotely on Microsoft 365 Copilot, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact, limited integrity impact, and limited availability impact. This could allow unauthorized actions within the scope of the compromised service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot. As this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Users should ensure their service is updated according to Microsoft's guidance available in the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-45497: CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') in Microsoft Microsoft 365 Copilot
Description
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Microsoft Copilot allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.7high
Affected software
Microsoft
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CWE-77) in Microsoft 365 Copilot involves improper neutralization of special elements in commands, enabling an authorized attacker to perform command injection and execute arbitrary code remotely. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.7, indicating high severity, with network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction, and impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft manages remediation for this cloud-hosted service and has issued an official fix as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code remotely on Microsoft 365 Copilot, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact, limited integrity impact, and limited availability impact. This could allow unauthorized actions within the scope of the compromised service.
Mitigation Recommendations
Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot. As this is a cloud service, Microsoft manages the remediation server-side. Users should ensure their service is updated according to Microsoft's guidance available in the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-12T16:07:22.618Z
- 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-2026-45497","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a2200c5e29bf47b50d9ece4
Added to database: 06/04/2026, 22:48:37 UTC
Last enriched: 08/14/2026, 13:27:16 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 10:01:31 UTC
Views: 98
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