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Microsoft 365 Admin Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2026-62873 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Admin Center (rated Critical, CVSS 9.8). Microsoft fixed it in the service; customers need to do nothing.

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Facts

Microsoft id
CVE-2026-62873
Products
Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Severity
Critical
Impact
Elevation of Privilege
CVSS
9.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Exploited
No
Publicly disclosed
No
Customer action required
No
Release
2026-Aug
Assigned by
Microsoft
Weakness
CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
MSRC revision
1.0
Status pages
Microsoft 365 admin center status
First captured by us
(from our first import of this list)
Microsoft last modified
Source
Security updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft's revision notes

  1. Revision 1.0, 2026-08-06: Information published.

Microsoft says

Improper verification of cryptographic signature in Microsoft 365 Admin Center allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

Security updates,

Read Microsoft's full post

What Microsoft changed

One version so far. If Microsoft edits it, each change shows here with what was removed and added.

  1. First version we captured ·

    The text as we first saw it

    Seen by us · Microsoft's timestamp · Microsoft's page

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