medium Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2023-41763Skype for Business — the server made to fetch for others

Skype for Business can be talked into sending requests on an attacker's behalf, which widens what they can reach from outside. Microsoft rates the impact as limited and publishes nothing about the endpoint or the target.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the October 2023 Skype for Business Server update. The score reads mild, but what leaks here is reach into the network behind the server.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
5.3/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
90%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2023-10-10
Added to KEV
2023-10-10
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
medium

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the Skype for Business server.

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2023-41763 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24