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CVE-2021-26855

99
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-26855 is a critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Exchange Server, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, notably by ransomware campaigns, and has extensive public exploit code available, including Metasploit modules and Nuclei templates, leading to significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:cumulative_update_21:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:cumulative_update_22:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2013:cumulative_update_23:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:exchange_server:2016:cumulative_update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
100.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon RCE · Mar 2, 2021
Nuclei: CVE-2021-26855 · Mar 6, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-49895 · May 21, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 1.0000 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (25)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 19
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 8
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 22
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 2
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 13
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 23
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 14
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 4
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 15
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 5
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 6
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 16
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 17
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 7
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 18
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 21
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 12
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 8
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 Cumulative Update 1
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 9
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 10
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 Cumulative Update 11
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Mar/CVE-2021-26855Critical

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Mar 9, 2021

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/161846/Microsoft-Exchange-2019-SSRF-Arbitrary-File-Write.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/161938/Microsoft-Exchange-ProxyLogon-Remote-Code-Execution.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/162610/Microsoft-Exchange-2019-Unauthenticated-Email-Download.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/162736/Microsoft-Exchange-ProxyLogon-Collector.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-26855
PatchVendor Advisory