Vulnerability · CVE-2026-96207
Improper certificate validation in Microsoft Partner Center allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Published Oct 8, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · partner center
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96207. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of partner center is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical10.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.47%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/partner center
Improper certificate validation in Microsoft Partner Center allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Are you affected?
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- cpe microsoft/partner centerversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-96207
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-96207. EPSS is 0.47%. Act only if a listed version of partner center is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation. EPSS 0.47%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 13, 2026 · NCSC Netherlands
Detected
Microsoft heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in diverse Azure componenten, zoals Key Vault, DevOps, API center en Storage. Een kwaadwillende kan de kwetsbaarheden misbruiken om beveiligingsmaatregelen te omzeilen, zich verhoogde rechten toe te kennen, willekeurige code uit te voeren en toegang te krijgen tot gevoelige gegevens. De kwetsbaarheden met kenmerk CVE-2026-83943, CVE-2026-96207, CVE-2026-694
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Improper certificate validation in Microsoft Partner Center allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96207
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-96207
30-day exploitation probability 0.5%
first.org - NCSC NetherlandsGovernment advisoryCVE-2026-96207
Microsoft heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in diverse Azure componenten, zoals Key Vault, DevOps, API center en Storage. Een kwaadwillende kan de kwetsbaarheden misbruiken om beveiligingsmaatregelen te omzeilen, zich verhoogde rechten toe te kennen, willekeurige code uit te voeren
advisories.ncsc.nl - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-96207
Improper certificate validation in Microsoft Partner Center allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.