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The microsoft exchange tag on WindowsForum.com covers on-premises Microsoft Exchange Server administration, with a strong focus on security updates and vulnerability response. Recent threads detail CVE disclosures from Microsoft's Patch Tuesday releases, including elevation-of-privilege, denial-of-service, spoofing, and server-side request forgery flaws affecting Exchange 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition. Discussions emphasize the importance of deploying current security updates, interpreting sparse advisory details, and prioritizing patches for internet-facing Outlook on the web. The tag also includes operational changes like the retirement of OWA Light and historical context on Exchange's early internet integration. Content is aimed at IT administrators managing Exchange deployments and assessing risk from newly disclosed vulnerabilities.
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    CVE-2026-62915: Patch Exchange Server Security Bypass

    Microsoft has published CVE-2026-62915, a Microsoft Exchange Server security feature bypass vulnerability, as part of the August 11, 2026 security release. The immediate action for Exchange administrators is to deploy the current Exchange Server security update for every supported on-premises...
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    CVE-2026-62912 Exchange DoS: 2016/2019 Require ESU to Patch

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-62912 on August 11 as a Microsoft Exchange Server denial-of-service vulnerability, giving on-premises Exchange administrators a new Patch Tuesday item to address but very little public technical detail with which to judge exposure. The Microsoft Security Response...
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    CVE-2026-62910: Patch Exchange EoP Flaw Despite Sparse Details

    Microsoft has assigned CVE-2026-62910 to an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange Server, publishing the advisory on August 11 as part of its August 2026 security release. For administrators, the immediate conclusion is straightforward: treat the flaw as a reason to verify...
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    Exchange 4.0, AT&T WorldNet: Internet Add-Ons Became Core

    Tom Evslin’s account of Microsoft Exchange and AT&T WorldNet is a useful corrective to the cleaner origin stories that tend to form around both products. The Register’s interview with the former Microsoft and AT&T executive describes a company trying to beat Lotus Notes with Exchange while...
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    CVE-2026-55008: Install July Exchange Updates for Critical XSS

    Microsoft has issued security updates for CVE-2026-55008, a critical Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability scored 9.6 under CVSS 3.1. The bug, published July 14, affects supported patch channels for Exchange Server 2016 CU23, Exchange Server 2019 CU14 and CU15, and Exchange Server...
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    CVE-2026-55009: Patch Exchange Privilege Escalation by July 14

    CVE-2026-55009 affects Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 CU23, Exchange Server 2019 CU14 and CU15, and Exchange Server Subscription Edition RTM, allowing an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges through unsafe deserialization. Microsoft addressed the flaw in security updates released on July...
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    OWA Light Retires in Exchange Server August 2026

    Microsoft’s Exchange Server team says it will retire OWA Light for on-premises Exchange Server in a future update, with the disabling and removal currently estimated for August 2026, forcing remaining users onto the standard Outlook on the web experience. This is not a consumer Outlook story and...
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    CVE-2026-45502 Exchange EWS SSRF: June 9 Patch Priority After PoC

    Microsoft Exchange Server administrators received a new reason to prioritize the June 9, 2026 security update after a public proof-of-concept exploit appeared on June 22 for CVE-2026-45502, an authenticated Exchange Web Services SSRF flaw affecting on-premises Exchange 2016, 2019, and...
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    CVE-2026-47631 Exchange Spoofing: Why Sparse Details Still Mean Real Risk

    Microsoft has listed CVE-2026-47631 as a Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability in its Security Update Guide, and the advisory’s available framing centers on confidence in the vulnerability’s existence and the credibility of known technical details rather than a full public technical...
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    CVE-2026-45583 Exchange RCE: Patch, Verify, and Reduce Internet Exposure

    Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 advisory for CVE-2026-45583 identifies a Microsoft Exchange Server remote code execution vulnerability, putting on-premises mail infrastructure back in the familiar position of needing fast patch triage despite limited public technical detail. The important part is not...
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    CVE-2026-45504: Urgent Microsoft Exchange EoP Patch Tuesday Guidance

    CVE-2026-45504 is a Microsoft Exchange Server elevation-of-privilege vulnerability disclosed in Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday release, rated Important, and listed among a cluster of Exchange Server fixes that administrators should treat as operationally urgent despite sparse public...
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    CVE-2026-45503 Exchange Info Disclosure: Patch Quickly, Assess Real Risk

    Microsoft has published CVE-2026-45503 as a Microsoft Exchange Server information disclosure vulnerability in the Security Update Guide, with the public record emphasizing confidence in the vulnerability’s existence and available technical detail rather than a fully disclosed exploit narrative...
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    CVE-2026-45502: Why Microsoft “Confirmed” Report Confidence Matters for Exchange

    Microsoft published CVE-2026-45502 on June 9, 2026, as a Microsoft Exchange Server information disclosure vulnerability in the MSRC Security Update Guide, assigning Microsoft as the CNA and presenting the issue as a confirmed security flaw affecting Exchange administrators’ patch queues. The...
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    CVE-2026-45501 Exchange Spoofing: Patch Tuesday Guidance and Action Steps

    CVE-2026-45501 is an Important-rated Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability disclosed in Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 security updates, affecting on-premises Exchange Server and arriving alongside a broader Exchange patch set that also includes spoofing, information-disclosure...
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    CVE-2026-45500 Exchange Spoofing: June 2026 Patch Guidance for Admins

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-45500, a Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability, as part of the June 9, 2026 Exchange security updates for Exchange Server Subscription Edition and Exchange Server 2019 CU15, placing it among a cluster of Exchange flaws patched in the same release. The...
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    4BID Hacktivism Expands: Exchange Web Shells, RMM Tools, Ransomware & EDR Killers

    Kaspersky reported on June 8, 2026, that hacktivist-linked actors associated with 4BID and overlapping groups have expanded attacks beyond Russia and Belarus, using ransomware, web shells, remote management tools, and post-exploitation frameworks against organizations in Kazakhstan, the UAE...
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    Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: Exchange, Edge, Windows 11 and AI Tools Under Exploit Chains

    Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, held this week at OffensiveCon in Berlin, saw researchers compromise fully patched Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Edge, Windows 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Nvidia tooling, and multiple AI platforms, with Zero Day Initiative confirming $908,750 paid for 39 unique zero-days...
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    Pwn2Own Berlin 2026: Edge Sandbox Escape, Windows 11 LPE, Exchange RCE—Patch Clock Starts

    Security researchers at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 exploited Microsoft Edge, Windows 11, and later Microsoft Exchange at OffensiveCon in Berlin on May 14 and May 15, earning six-figure payouts while starting the contest’s 90-day vendor repair clock for accepted zero-day submissions. The headline is not...
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    CVE-2026-42897 KEV Alert: Mitigate Microsoft Exchange OWA XSS Now

    CISA added CVE-2026-42897, a Microsoft Exchange Server cross-site scripting vulnerability affecting Outlook Web Access on on-premises Exchange, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on May 15, 2026, after evidence showed the flaw was being actively exploited in real-world attacks. The...
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    CVE-2026-42897 Exchange OWA Mitigation M2: What Admins Must Verify

    On May 14, 2026, Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-42897, an Exchange Server Outlook Web Access vulnerability affecting on-premises Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, and Exchange Server Subscription Edition, with mitigation available immediately through Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service...
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