---
id: CVE-2026-62896
title: Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
summary: >-
  Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to
  elevate privileges over a network.
severity: critical
cvss: 9.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-287
vendor: Microsoft
product: Microsoft Teams
affected:
  - teams -
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-08-06T00:00:00+00:00'
published: '2026-08-06'
updated: '2026-09-24'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-24T13:43:50.959Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-62896'
references:
  - url: 'https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-62896'
    label: Microsoft Teams Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00689
epssPercentile: 0.50635
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T18:07:34.903Z'
---

## Overview

Improper authentication in Microsoft Teams allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

## Affected

- `teams -`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.