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Affects Microsoft Skype for Business, a widely deployed enterprise communications product; spoofing can enable organization-wide impersonation and phishing.

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CVE-2026-69646

8.3
High
EPSS 0.21%Patch availableSep 11, 2026

Signature verification bug in Skype for Business allows adjacent-network spoofing

common questions

Is CVE-2026-69646 being exploited?

Not confirmed. CVE-2026-69646 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.21% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How severe is CVE-2026-69646?

CVE-2026-69646 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.

Is there a patch for CVE-2026-69646?

Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-69646. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.

What does CVE-2026-69646 affect?

CVE-2026-69646 affects Microsoft Skype for Business (client and server). Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.

What should I do about CVE-2026-69646?

Install Microsoft update immediately; restrict LAN access to clients and monitor authentication/logs.

Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.

executive summary
technical analysis
affected
Microsoft Skype for Business (client and server)
impact

Adjacent-network attacker can spoof users/messages, enabling impersonation, phishing and unauthorized actions within communications.

action required

Immediate action required

affected versions
Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2015 CU13
  • affected>= 9319.0 and < 6.0.9319.885
Microsoft Skype for Business Server 2019 CU8
  • affected>= 2046.0 and < 7.0.2046.569
Microsoft Skype for Business Server Subscription Edition CU1
  • affected>= 2046.0 and < 7.0.2046.879

As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.

how to fix
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