[CIVN-2026-0146] Information Disclosure Vulnerability in M365 Copilot

By Published On: March 18, 2026

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Information Disclosure Vulnerability in M365 Copilot


Indian – Computer Emergency Response Team (https://www.cert-in.org.in)


Severity Rating: HIGH


Software Affected


Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, Edge, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, PowerBI,365 Copilot for Android

Microsoft Word, Excel, Teams, Edge, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, PowerBI, Loop, 365 Copilot for iOS

Microsoft Outlook for Mac

Overview


A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft M365 Copilot, which could allow a remote attacker potentially view sensitive information or make limited changes to disclosed information on the targeted system.


Target Audience:

All end-user organizations and individuals using Microsoft M365 Copilot.


Risk Assessment:

High risk of unauthorized access of data and data manipulation.


Impact Assessment:

Information Disclosure .


Description


Microsoft 365 Copilot (M365 Copilot) is an AI assistant integrated into Microsoft 365 apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams to help users generate content, analyze data, and summarize information.


A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft M365 Copilot due to AI command injection. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by embedding malicious instructions within user-controlled content such as emails or documents on the targeted system.


Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker potentially view sensitive information or make limited changes to disclosed information on the targeted system.


Solution


Apply appropriate updates as mentioned in:

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26133



References


Microsoft

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26133


CVE Name

CVE-2026-26133




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Thanks and Regards,

CERT-In


Incident Response Help Desk

e-mail: incident@cert-in.org.in

Phone: +91-11-22902657

Toll Free Number: 1800-11-4949

Toll Free Fax : 1800-11-6969

Web: http://www.cert-in.org.in

PGP Fingerprint: A768 083E 4475 5725 B81A A379 2156 C0C0 B620 D0B4

PGP Key information:

https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=CONTACTUS


Postal address:

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Government of India

Electronics Niketan

6, C.G.O. Complex

New Delhi-110 003

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