CVE-2026-56157
Actively exploited. CVE-2026-56157 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and remote denial of service. Microsoft states that the vulnerability...
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, and remote denial of service.
- Who is affected
- All deployments of affected Microsoft products.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and potential severity.
- Action
- Apply the latest security updates from Microsoft.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 28% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (6)
- unknownexploitedNCSC-2026-0237 [1.02] [H/H] Vulnerabilities Fixed in Microsoft Officencsc-nl · 2026-07-21
- unknownexploitedNCSC-2026-0237 [1.01] [H/H] Vulnerabilities fixed in Microsoft Officencsc-nl · 2026-07-17
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft products (July 15, 2026)cert-fr-avis · 2026-07-15
- unknownexploitedNCSC-2026-0237 [1.00] [M/H] Vulnerabilities fixed in Microsoft Officencsc-nl · 2026-07-14
- mediumCVE-2026-56157: Improper access control in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to perfor…nvd · 2026-07-14
- mediumCVE-2026-56157: Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerabilitymsrc · 2026-07-14
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