Known exploited vulnerability

CVE-2020-17144

Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

What is affected

Vendor Microsoft
Product Exchange Server
Weakness CWE-502

The vulnerability

Microsoft Exchange Server improperly validates cmdlet arguments which allow an attacker to perform remote code execution.

Required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 3 May 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.

Where this comes from

Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 13 Nov 2026, 00:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.

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