CVE-2026-50517 is a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft M365 Copilot caused by deserialization of untrusted data. The flaw allows an authorized attacker with low privileges to send malicious serialized data to a network-accessible Copilot service endpoint and trigger code execution within the backend service context. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-502 and affects the hosted Microsoft 365 Copilot service. Reported scoring indicates low attack complexity, no user interaction requirement, and changed scope, with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
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A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot that allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
A critical insecure deserialization remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft M365 Copilot that allows an authenticated low-privilege attacker to execute arbitrary code over the network.
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