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VulnerabilityRapid7 Blog·1 week ago

CVE-2026-63520: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution (FIXED)

Rapid7 Labs disclosed CVE-2026-63520, a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint caused by unsafe .NET type instantiation in Business Connectivity Services, which affects all supported versions of the platform. When chained with the previously disclosed authentication bypass CVE-2026-55040, the vulnerabilities enable unauthenticated RCE with the privileges of the SharePoint service account, with Microsoft patches now available across multiple SharePoint versions. The vulnerability was discovered through an AI-assisted research methodology that combined agentic workflows with expert guidance, demonstrating the accelerating capability of large language models in vulnerability discovery against complex enterprise targets.

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