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Microsoft Office Outlook Missing User Interaction for Potentially Unsafe Action Vulnerability

CVE-2026-124194

What this means

This is rated medium severity (6.5 out of 10). It is on the known-exploited catalogue, which means attacks using it have already been seen. Ask IT whether Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Office 2021 and Microsoft Office 2024 are in your estate.

Full vendor description

Product ui does not warn user of unsafe actions in Microsoft Office Outlook allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

Scoring and exploitation

6.5/ 10
CVSS 3.1 base scoreMedium

Exploitable over the network without any account, but only if a user takes an action, such as opening a file or link. High impact on confidentiality.

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

Exploitability

Longer bar: easier to attack

Attack vectorNetworkAV:N
Attack complexityLowAC:L
Privileges requiredNonePR:N
User interactionRequiredUI:R
ScopeUnchangedS:U

Impact

Longer bar: more harm

ConfidentialityHighC:H
IntegrityNoneI:N
AvailabilityNoneA:N
Not reported
Exploited in the wild
Yes — confirmed exploitation (US CISA )
Not reported
Listed product
Microsoft Office

Weaknesses

CWE-356

Affected products ()

  • Microsoft 365 Apps
  • Microsoft Office 2021
  • Microsoft Office 2024
Show the raw CPE strings (6)
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x64:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x86:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2021:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x64:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2021:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x86:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2024:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x64:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_2024:-:*:*:*:ltsc:-:x86:*

References

2 links from the CVE record, grouped by site; the vendor's advisory comes first.