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CVE-2026-45454

CVE-2026-45454 is a medium severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 35%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 3 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

Medium
6.5
CVSS
35%
EPSS, 30 days
Medium
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 35%. CVSS 6.5 (Medium).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2026-45454

CVE-2026-45454 is a remote code execution flaw in on-premises SharePoint, spanning Enterprise Server 2016, Server 2019, and the Subscription Edition, so any organization still running SharePoint in its own datacenter is exposed. Its Severity is Medium with a CVSS score of 6.5, which is lower than typical SharePoint RCE ratings, and it is not in the CISA KEV catalog nor linked to ransomware. That lower score likely reflects an authentication or access precondition rather than unauthenticated network exploitation.

Do this: Inventory your on-premises SharePoint 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition farms and schedule the Microsoft patch for CVE-2026-45454 in your next maintenance window.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

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Patch this cycle
Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 35%).
Fixed by KB5002873 and 2 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.
Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2026-45454

Elevated priority: high severity or a meaningful exploitation probability, sooner if an affected product is internet-facing. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002873, KB5002874, KB5002880 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2026-45454. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

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