Insufficiently protected credentials in Microsoft Outlook - CVE-2026-62882
Published: August 12, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU141962
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-62882
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficiently protected credentials in Microsoft Office Outlook when processing a malicious Office file. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted Office file to perform spoofing.
User interaction is required to open the crafted file.
Affected software
Microsoft Outlook
How to mitigate CVE-2026-62882
Install security update from vendor's website.
Microsoft Outlook - update to 16.0.5565.1000