CVE-2026-62882: Microsoft Outlook Spoofing Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.3)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Spoofing
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Exploitation Likelihood
Unlikely
Patch Tuesday
2026-Aug
Released
2026-08-11
EPSS Score
0.61% (percentile: 46.3%)

Description

Insufficiently protected credentials in Microsoft Office Outlook allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? An attacker must send a user a malicious Office file and convince them to open it.

Affected Products (10)

Microsoft Office

  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Outlook 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Outlook 2016 (64-bit edition)

Security Updates (1)

Acknowledgments

Anonymous

Revision History

  • 2026-08-11: Information published.