CVE-2026-41090

⛔ critical

Summary

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Microsoft Copilot allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

CVSS Score

9.3

Critical

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-05-22

First Seen: 2026-05-27

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 88.6% of all 326,604 vulnerabilities in our database.

#37,253

Top 25% most severe

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 26, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

Requires human interaction

💥 Technical Impact

Total

Complete system compromise possible

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-05-27

Source NVD 🔗

CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-77

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
microsoft	365_copilot	Affected	v-

🔗 References 1

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerabilit...

Vendor Advisory

🔗 Related CVEs 6

CVE ID	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Summary	Published
CVE-2026-42827	🔶 medium	6.5	0.1	Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in M365 Copilot allows an unauthoriz...	2026-05-22
CVE-2026-41100	🔶 medium	4.4	0.0	Improper access control in M365 Copilot allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-41614	🔶 medium	6.2	0.0	Improper access control in M365 Copilot for Desktop allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-42831	⚠️ high	7.8	0.1	Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-40363	⚠️ high	8.4	0.1	Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.	2026-05-12
CVE-2026-24299	🔶 medium	5.3	0.0	Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in M365 Copilot allows an unauthoriz...	2026-03-19

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