CVE-2026-65667: CWE-862: Missing Authorization in Microsoft Microsoft Teams
Missing authorization in Microsoft Teams allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-65667) in Microsoft Teams is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). It allows an attacker without prior privileges to elevate their privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires no privileges and no user interaction, with a network attack vector and complete confidentiality and integrity impact. The vendor has issued an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation enables an attacker to gain elevated privileges in Microsoft Teams, potentially compromising confidentiality and integrity of data and operations within the application. Availability is not impacted. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the vendor-provided patch promptly to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching must be performed on affected installations. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-65667: CWE-862: Missing Authorization in Microsoft Microsoft Teams
Description
Missing authorization in Microsoft Teams allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 10.0critical
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-65667) in Microsoft Teams is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). It allows an attacker without prior privileges to elevate their privileges remotely over a network. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates the attack requires no privileges and no user interaction, with a network attack vector and complete confidentiality and integrity impact. The vendor has issued an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation enables an attacker to gain elevated privileges in Microsoft Teams, potentially compromising confidentiality and integrity of data and operations within the application. Availability is not impacted. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the vendor-provided patch promptly to remediate this vulnerability. Since this is not a cloud service, patching must be performed on affected installations. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- GHSA-qf3x-g8x3-rcjc
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.4.0
- Aliases
- ["CVE-2026-65667"]
- Database Specific Severity
- CRITICAL
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a757399bf8831d539d91a3b
Added to database: 08/07/2026, 05:56:41 UTC
Last enriched: 08/15/2026, 18:08:52 UTC
Last updated: 09/21/2026, 22:01:36 UTC
Views: 74
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