CVE tracker / CVE-2026-66303

CVE-2026-66303

CVE-2026-66303 is the Skype for Business and Lync Denial of Service Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Important, CVSS 6.5. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published September 8, 2026.

Risk summary

MediumDenial of Service
6.5
CVSS v3 base
1.1%
EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days
Medium
Severity
Important
Microsoft's rating
Less Likely
Microsoft: exploitation
No
In CISA KEV

Microsoft describes it: “Null pointer dereference in Skype for Business allows an authorized attacker to deny service over a network.”

How to fix it

Microsoft lists 3 affected products and the update that fixes each:

What Microsoft changed

Details

Weakness
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
Publicly disclosed (Microsoft)
No
Exploited (Microsoft)
No
Known exploited (CISA KEV)
Not listed
Published
September 8, 2026
Last revised
September 8, 2026

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References

Microsoft Security Update Guide NVD CVE record CWE

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