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Security Updates for Outlook (February 2026)

high Nessus Plugin ID 298974

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Outlook application installed on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2026-21260)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released patches to address these issues.

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5931548c

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 298974

File Name: smb_nt_ms26_feb_outlook_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/13/2026

Updated: 2/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-21260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-21260