CVE-2020-16969

Microsoft Exchange Information Disclosure Vulnerability

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: October 16, 2020 at 10:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:58 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorExchange Server

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

<p>An information disclosure vulnerability exists in how Microsoft Exchange validates tokens when handling certain messages. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use this to gain further information from a user.</p> <p>To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could include specially crafted OWA messages that could be loaded, without warning or filtering, from the attacker-controlled URL. This callback vector provides an information disclosure tactic used in web beacons and other types of tracking systems.</p> <p>The security update corrects the way that Exchange handles these token validations.</p>

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Affected range stops below publication, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

7.1HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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