Authenticated privilege escalation
Published Aug 6, 2026 · Updated Aug 25, 2026
Improper access control in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges over a network. Microsoft has not publicly disclosed the affected component or the specific authorization check that fails, and the CNA and vendor records describe only an improper access control condition in the hosted service. Reachability requires valid access to Purview eDiscovery, and current public records describe privilege gain within the service but do not disclose a path to arbitrary code execution outside it.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery allows remote authenticated users to gain elevated privileges over a network. Microsoft has not publicly disclosed the affected component or the specific authorization check that fails, and the CNA and vendor records describe only an improper access control condition in the hosted service. Reachability requires valid access to Purview eDiscovery, and current public records describe privilege gain within the service but do not disclose a path to arbitrary code execution outside it.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-65668
- Published
- Aug 6, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 25, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-284
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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