Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2023-35311

Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published Jul 11, 2023 · catalog updated Oct 8, 2026 · Microsoft Outlook

Patch now

CVE-2023-35311 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 1, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Outlook against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
15.52%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/365 apps · cpe microsoft/office 2019 · cpe microsoft/office 2021 · cpe microsoft/outlook · vendor Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Outlook contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Microsoft Outlook Security Notice prompt.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe microsoft/365 appsversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office 2019version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office 2021version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/outlook2013
  • cpe microsoft/outlook2016
  • vendor Microsoft Outlookversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-35311

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2023-35311 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 1, 2023. Confirm Microsoft Outlook against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 2013, 2016. Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. EPSS 15.52%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jul 11, 2023 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Outlook contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Microsoft Outlook Security Notice prompt.

  2. Jul 11, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.

  3. Aug 1, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if updates are unavailable.

  4. Oct 8, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Outlook contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Microsoft Outlook Security Notice prompt.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-35311

    Microsoft Outlook contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Microsoft Outlook Security Notice prompt.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-35311

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-35311

    30-day exploitation probability 15.5%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-35311

    Microsoft Outlook Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-35311

    Microsoft Outlook contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass the Microsoft Outlook Security Notice prompt.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.