Summary
Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Critical. Exploited according to Microsoft — Exploitation Detected. Customer action: Required.
Details
How could an attacker exploit the vulnerability?
In a network-based attack, an attacker authenticated as at least a Site Owner, could write arbitrary code to inject and execute code remotely on the SharePoint Server.
I am running SharePoint Server 2016. Do the updates for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 also apply to the version I am running?
Yes. The same KB number applies to both SharePoint Server 2016 and SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. Customers running either version should install the security update to be protected from this vulnerability.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and the attack complexity is low (AC:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
The attack vector is Network (AV:N) because this vulnerability is remotely exploitable and can be exploited from the internet. The attack complexity is Low (AC:L) because an attacker does not require significant prior knowledge of the system and can achieve repeatable success with the payload against the vulnerable component.
Security updates
16.0.5556.1005 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002880
16.0.10417.20153 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002874
16.0.19725.20384 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002873
Vulnerabilities 1
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Critical 9.8
Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
KEV Jul 16, 2026
Revision history
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#3
Corrected the Exploitability Index, Exploited flag and CVSS vector which was incorrect at the time of publication on 7/14/2026. This is an informational change only.
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#1
Information published.
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#2
The security update for this vulnerability was released but the CVE was inadvertently left out of the June 2026 release.
References
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CVE-2026-58644 Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58644
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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