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Source: Microsoft · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2026-69943Unknown / EvaluatingImportant (raw)CVSS 8.8CWE-22

Microsoft Office SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 13 Oct 2026•Last updated: 13 Oct 2026, 12:30 PM IST•Source identifier: secure@microsoft.com
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 3 / 3 · rule guidance available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Unknown
KEV status was not determined.
CVSS score
8.8Important (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Metric sourceMicrosoft MSRC CVRF
EPSS probability
1%0.010
Percentile61st
Weakness type
CWE-22
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
KB5002927

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

SOC priority

High

Actively exploited

No

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: Microsoft or Microsoft-managed product relevance; HIGH severity; No confirmed exploitation signal in current enrichment

Affected Products & Remediation

3 source-backed products
Affected products and versions (source)
  • Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 · version range not provided by source · Microsoft MSRC · Source
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019 · version range not provided by source · Microsoft MSRC · Source
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition · version range not provided by source · Microsoft MSRC · Source
Recorded patch / KBKB5002927

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

  • Microsoft MSRC: Install the security update KB5002927 listed by MSRC

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Unknown
Exploited (source statement)
No
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

Matched microsoft-enterprise (Affected product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, Vendor: Microsoft); path-traversal (CWE-22)

Exposure

  1. Identify affected Microsoft products and compare local builds with the MSRC advisory.Telemetry: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities · The MSRC product/build mapping establishes applicability. · Rule microsoft-enterprise
  2. Locate affected deployments and the path-handling endpoint named by the advisory.Telemetry: Application access logs · The affected path must come from the source, not the CWE alone. · Rule path-traversal

Exploitation evidence

  1. Review the advisory's documented behavior on matching hosts before selecting a hunt.Telemetry: DeviceProcessEvents · Product family alone does not justify a CVE-specific detection. · Rule microsoft-enterprise
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Exploitation evidence

  1. Review requests to that endpoint for traversal encodings and unusual file responses.Telemetry: Application access logs · Such patterns are a hypothesis to validate against normal traffic. · Rule path-traversal

Response

  1. Confirm the source-stated KB or mitigation on matching assets.Telemetry: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities · A post-update inventory check verifies remediation. · Rule microsoft-enterprise

CISA KEV Record

CISA KEV status was not determined for this record.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
secure@microsoft.com
Record status · verification
UPDATED · Unknown
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:*:*:*:*:subscription:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2016:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*, cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

3 public sources
msrc.microsoft.comSource recordapi.msrc.microsoft.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource record

Linked by the query's stored exact CVE association. Review required tables and validation status before use.

Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2026-69943
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2026-69943
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2026-69943"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
Open KQL Library

Correlated briefings

Microsoft Security Update Guide · Limited verificationOctober 2026 Security UpdatesPublished 13 Oct 2026
SecOps Signal surfaces public advisory facts only. A missing value means the source has not published it, not that your environment is unaffected. No tenant inventory is connected.