Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid SharePoint credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate to network-reachable endpoint
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ExploitSubmit crafted path-traversal request
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ExecutionServer reads file outside restricted directory
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ImpactDisclose sensitive information to attacker
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires an authenticated session with at least low-level privileges on Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition (PR:L), meaning the attacker must hold or obtain valid credentials - this is the primary limiting factor and rules out anonymous internet-wide attacks. Beyond authentication, no special non-default configuration is indicated in the description: the flaw affects SharePoint Server Subscription Edition builds below 16.0.20326.20190, requires network reachability to the SharePoint web endpoints (AV:N), needs no user interaction (UI:N), and has low attack complexity (AC:L). Impact is limited to disclosure of information readable by the traversal; there is no integrity or availability effect (I:N/A:N). The exact vulnerable feature/endpoint is not named in the available data. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-priority, authenticated information-disclosure flaw rather than a critical emergency. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N, base 6.5) signals a network-reachable, low-complexity attack that nonetheless requires at least low-privilege authenticated access (PR:L) and yields only confidentiality impact (C:H) with no integrity or availability effect. These signals are mutually consistent with CISA's SSVC decision: Exploitation=none (no observed exploitation), Automatable=no (an attacker must first obtain valid SharePoint credentials/session, which cannot be reliably scripted at scale), and Technical Impact=partial (read-only data disclosure, not full compromise). There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation-probability cannot be quantified here; absence of an EPSS value is a data gap, not evidence of low risk. No public exploit code is referenced. Net assessment: a credentialed SharePoint user (or an attacker who has phished/compromised one account) could read files outside the intended directory, which is meaningful in multi-tenant or least-privilege SharePoint deployments, but the authentication barrier and read-only, non-automatable nature keep this below the urgency of an unauthenticated RCE. The authentication requirement derived from PR:L is the single most important mitigating factor. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A low-privileged but authenticated SharePoint user (or an external attacker who has obtained valid credentials via phishing or credential reuse) sends a crafted request containing directory-traversal sequences to a vulnerable endpoint on SharePoint Server Subscription Edition. Because input is not properly constrained to the intended directory (CWE-22), the server returns the contents of files outside the permitted path, disclosing sensitive information over the network. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and the low attack complexity (AC:L) means exploitation is straightforward once valid access is held. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 14, 2026
Path traversal (CWE-22) in Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition lets an authenticated attacker read files outside an intended restricted directory over the network. Exploitation requires a valid low-privileged session (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), so it is not an anonymous, internet-wide attack - the credential requirement is the primary limiting factor, and CISA's SSVC assessment rates it Exploitation: none, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial. Impact is confidentiality-only (no integrity or availability effect), and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis; Microsoft has released a vendor patch.
RemediationAI
Apply Microsoft's update for SharePoint Server Subscription Edition as published in the MSRC Update Guide (https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70298); the EUVD version data indicates the fixed build is 16.0.20326.20190, so upgrade any farm running builds below that level to 16.0.20326.20190 or later, following Microsoft's cumulative-update process (run the prerequisite installer/configuration wizard where required, and update all farm servers rather than a subset). Patch status per vendor is 'available', so no long-term workaround is needed. Until the update is deployed, compensating controls should focus on the authenticated prerequisite: reduce the population of low-privileged accounts that can reach the affected endpoints, enforce least privilege and review site/library permissions, and monitor IIS and SharePoint ULS logs plus file-access auditing for anomalous path patterns (encoded '../' sequences, unexpected traversal of layout or configuration directories) - accepting that log-based detection is imperfect and does not remove the flaw. Network-level restriction of SharePoint web endpoints to trusted internal ranges or VPN reduces exposure to remote attackers but breaks external collaboration and mobile access if applied broadly; there is no reliable configuration toggle to disable the vulnerable path handling, so the vendor update remains the only complete fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-22, improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory, a classic input-validation failure in which user-supplied path components (for example '../' sequences or absolute/UNC-style paths) are concatenated into a filesystem or URL path without adequate canonicalization or containment checks. In SharePoint Server Subscription Edition - an ASP.NET/IIS-based, on-premises collaboration platform whose web front ends serve documents, layouts, and configuration files - such a flaw typically allows an authenticated user to escape the intended document library, site, or virtual directory boundary and read files that the web process can access. The CVSS vector confirms the profile: network attack vector (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), low privileges required (PR:L, i.e., authenticated and unprivileged), no user interaction (UI:N), scope unchanged (S:U), and a high confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability impact (C:H/I:N/A:N). EUVD data ties the flaw specifically to SharePoint Server Subscription Edition builds below 16.0.20326.20190, and the description notes the attacker must be 'authorized', consistent with the PR:L requirement. No CPE beyond the EUVD version range was supplied, and the exact vulnerable endpoint or feature is not named in the available data; notably, SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 are not listed as affected.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Network-reachable endpoint (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) but requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L); read-only path traversal gives high confidentiality impact only (C:H, I:N, A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (microsoft).
CVSS VectorVendor: microsoft
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
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GHSA-2c4p-ppx5-j84h
NVD
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