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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-35439

High
CWE-502 — Weakness Type
Published: May 12, 2026  ·  Modified: May 19, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
8.8
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

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

🤖 AI Executive Summary

CVE-2026-35439 is a critical deserialization vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Server affecting versions 2016, 2019, and subscription editions. An authorized attacker can execute arbitrary code remotely by sending specially crafted serialized objects. With a CVSS score of 8.8 and no patch currently available, this poses significant risk to Saudi organizations heavily reliant on SharePoint for document management and collaboration.

📄 Description (Arabic)

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 18, 2026 08:36
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses severe risk to Saudi government entities (NCA, MOCI, MODA), SAMA-regulated financial institutions, healthcare organizations (MOH), and energy sector (Saudi Aramco, SEC). SharePoint is widely deployed across Saudi enterprises for document management, intranet portals, and collaborative workflows. The requirement for authorized access limits external threat actors but significantly increases insider threat risk and compromised account scenarios prevalent in targeted attacks against Saudi infrastructure.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Government (NCA, MOCI, MODA) Banking and Financial Services (SAMA-regulated) Healthcare (MOH) Energy (Saudi Aramco, SEC) Telecommunications (STC, Mobily) Education Large Enterprises
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Inventory all SharePoint Server deployments (2016, 2019, subscription editions) across your organization
2. Restrict network access to SharePoint servers using firewall rules and network segmentation
3. Implement strict access controls limiting SharePoint access to essential personnel only
4. Enable enhanced logging and monitoring for SharePoint authentication and object deserialization events
5. Monitor for suspicious serialized object uploads and unusual code execution patterns

COMPENSATING CONTROLS (until patch available):
6. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to detect and block malicious serialized payloads
7. Implement application-level input validation and sanitization for all SharePoint data inputs
8. Use Microsoft's Security Update Guide to apply any interim mitigations when released
9. Consider disabling unnecessary SharePoint features and web services
10. Implement privileged access management (PAM) for SharePoint administrative accounts

DETECTION RULES:
- Monitor SharePoint ULS logs for deserialization exceptions and ObjectStateFormatter errors
- Alert on unusual PowerShell execution from SharePoint application pool accounts
- Track suspicious HTTP POST requests with serialized .NET object payloads to SharePoint endpoints
- Monitor for unexpected process spawning from w3wp.exe (SharePoint worker process)
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. قم بحصر جميع نشرات خادم SharePoint (2016 و2019 والإصدارات المشتركة) عبر مؤسستك
2. قيد الوصول إلى الشبكة لخوادم SharePoint باستخدام قواعد جدار الحماية والفصل الشبكي
3. طبق ضوابط وصول صارمة تقصر الوصول إلى SharePoint على الموظفين الأساسيين فقط
4. فعّل السجلات المحسّنة والمراقبة لأحداث المصادقة وفك تسلسل الكائنات في SharePoint
5. راقب عمليات تحميل الكائنات المسلسلة المريبة وأنماط تنفيذ الأكواد غير المعتادة

الضوابط التعويضية (حتى توفر التصحيح):
6. نشّر قواعد جدار تطبيقات الويب (WAF) للكشف عن حمولات مسلسلة ضارة وحجبها
7. طبق التحقق من صحة المدخلات على مستوى التطبيق والتطهير لجميع مدخلات بيانات SharePoint
8. استخدم دليل تحديث أمان Microsoft لتطبيق أي تخفيفات مؤقتة عند إصدارها
9. فكر في تعطيل ميزات SharePoint والخدمات الويب غير الضرورية
10. طبق إدارة الوصول المميز (PAM) لحسابات إدارة SharePoint

قواعد الكشف:
- راقب سجلات SharePoint ULS لاستثناءات فك التسلسل وأخطاء ObjectStateFormatter
- أصدر تنبيهات لتنفيذ PowerShell غير المعتاد من حسابات تجمع تطبيقات SharePoint
- تتبع طلبات HTTP POST المريبة مع حمولات كائنات .NET المسلسلة إلى نقاط نهاية SharePoint
- راقب توليد العمليات غير المتوقعة من w3wp.exe (عملية عامل SharePoint)
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Information security policies and procedures ECC 2024 A.8.1.1 - User access management and authentication ECC 2024 A.12.2.1 - Change management procedures ECC 2024 A.12.6.1 - Management of technical vulnerabilities
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.AM-2 - Software and hardware inventory SAMA CSF PR.AC-1 - Access control policy and procedures SAMA CSF PR.PT-1 - Security awareness and training SAMA CSF DE.CM-1 - Detection and analysis of anomalies
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.1 - Policies for information security ISO 27001:2022 A.8.1 - User access management ISO 27001:2022 A.12.6 - Management of technical vulnerabilities ISO 27001:2022 A.14.2 - Development security
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 6.2 - Security patches and updates PCI DSS 6.5.1 - Injection flaws prevention PCI DSS 11.2 - Vulnerability scanning
📦 Affected Products / CPE 3 entries
microsoft:sharepoint_server
microsoft:sharepoint_server:2016
microsoft:sharepoint_server:2019
📊 CVSS Score
8.8
/ 10.0 — High
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredL — Low / Local
User InteractionN — None / Network
ScopeU — Unchanged
ConfidentialityH — High
IntegrityH — High
AvailabilityH — High
📋 Quick Facts
Severity High
CVSS Score8.8
CWECWE-502
EPSS0.62%
Exploit No
Patch ✗ No
Published 2026-05-12
Source Feed nvd
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
8.2
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: CRITICAL
🏷️ Tags
CWE-502
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