Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-58644

RCE in Microsoft Sharepoint Server ≤ 16.0.19725.20434

CISA KEVActive ExploitationEUVD ExploitedRCEDeserialization
Published
14 July 2026
Modified
17 July 2026
KEV Added
16 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.051 91th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-58644 is a critical-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Microsoft Sharepoint Server. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; CISA has added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-7 (Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

CWE(s)
KEV Date Added
16 July 2026

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

Deserialization RCE in network-accessible SharePoint server directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Deserialization RCE in network-exposed SharePoint server directly enables exploitation of a public-facing application.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

microsoft
sharepoint server
2016, 2019 · ≤ 16.0.19725.20434

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)
  • SI-7 Software, Firmware, and Information Integrity
Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires validation of untrusted data before deserialization, blocking the CWE-502 vector that enables remote code execution in SharePoint.

preventdetect

Mandates integrity verification of software and data to detect or reject malicious serialized payloads before they are processed.

prevent

Enforces information flow policies that can restrict or sanitize untrusted data entering the SharePoint deserialization path from the network.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 none match
prevents

PR.PS-02 addresses only post-deployment updates/patching and cannot prevent introduction of unsafe deserialization code, yet it can remediate some instances when the flaw exists in outdated libraries or components.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing includes validation of deserialization routines and the use of untrusted data, reducing the likelihood that unsafe object reconstruction will be deployed.

prevents

Requiring vetted libraries, regular updates and SAST before release reduces the likelihood that deserialization logic will accept and act on attacker-controlled serialized objects.

detects

Regular scanning of third-party libraries and timely patching reduce the likelihood that unsafe deserialization vulnerabilities remain active.

none

Mandatory malware scanning of data received over networks or storage media intercepts malicious serialized payloads before they are deserialized by the target application.

References