Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the Windows Search component used by Microsoft Exchange Server by sending an email containing a specially crafted attachment. Exchange automatically processes the attachment for indexing, so the recipient does not need to open the email or attachment. Successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute code with the permissions of the affected processing service.
Security updates
10.0.26300.9974 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132061
10.0.26300.9911 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132043
10.0.17763.9487 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131085
10.0.20348.5870 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131090
10.0.19044.7846 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131096
10.0.26100.33822 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131080
10.0.26100.33730 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131077
10.0.22631.7711 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131087
10.0.28000.3501 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5132059
10.0.14393.9688 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5131291
Vulnerabilities 1
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Critical 9.8
Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Out-of-bounds write in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2026-116928 Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-116928
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss