Zoom patches critical unauthenticated privilege escalation in Workplace for Windows
CVE-2026-108186 (CVSS 9.6) affects 7.1.0 before 7.1.8; CVE-2026-108187 (CVSS 8.1) affects builds before 7.1.5.
Origin validation error in Zoom Workplace for Windows
Zoom Workplace for Windows has an origin validation error. An unauthenticated attacker can reach it over the network if a user interacts, and may escalate privileges. Affected and fixed versions have not been listed.
What to do: Apply Zoom's update for CVE-2026-108187. No workaround is listed.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| Zoom Workplace for Windows | — |
Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.
Origin Validation Error in Zoom Workplace for Windows may allow an unauthenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via network access.
CVE-2026-108186 (CVSS 9.6) affects 7.1.0 before 7.1.8; CVE-2026-108187 (CVSS 8.1) affects builds before 7.1.5.
Zoom Workplace for Windows 7.1.8 fixes CVE-2026-108186 (CVSS 9.6) and CVE-2026-108187.
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