KB5002894: Cumulative update for SharePoint Server, version 2019, August 2026. Remote-code execution and privilege-escalation risks addressed
The update addresses 27 vulnerabilities, including three critical SharePoint Server flaws involving remote-code execution and privilege escalation. It also fixes broken workflow status links and changes several SharePoint features.
Does it affect you? Applies to: SharePoint Server 2019 farms with the release version installed. The update package is for x64 systems.
Review notes Additional details from the official release notes (1) Read note
- What to do For Classic Workflow Manager, enable the debug flag to continue using Workflow Manager. The page does not specify that this must be done before installing the update.
The official sources are linked at the end of the page.
Microsoft ships this release as two packages: KB5002894, the update itself, and KB5002896 for the language packs. Install both on every server of the farm, then run the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.
What changes
Improvements 7 changes
SharePoint 2013 workflows
- An advisory is provided for SharePoint 2013 workflows.1
Remote Event Receivers
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Orphaned Remote Event Receivers without an app identifier might be blocked in the future.2
Use
Get-SPOrphanedRemoteEventReceiverto identify affected receivers.
ToolPane
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The ToolPane feature might be disabled in the future.3
Use
Enable-SPToolPaneto enable ToolPane for a site collection.
ExecuteProxyUpdates
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The ExecuteProxyUpdates feature might be disabled in the future.4
Use
Enable-SPWebPartPagesProxyUpdatesto enable the feature for a site collection, orDisable-SPWebPartPagesProxyUpdatesto disable it immediately.
OWA web part
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Exchange autodiscovery for the OWA web part is disabled starting with the August 2026 Public Update.5
Use
Enable-SPOWAWebPartAutodiscoveryto enable the feature for a web application.
SharePoint 2010 Workflow
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The SharePoint 2010 Workflow feature might be disabled in the future.6
Use
Enable-SPLegacyWorkflowto enable the feature for a site collection.
Business Data Connectivity
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File-backed Business Data Connectivity model imports are disabled by default to improve security.7
Use
Enable-BdcmFileImportto enable this functionality for a site collection.
Fix 1 change
Workflow status links
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Workflow status links on the WrkStat.aspx page work again.8
Fixes broken workflow status links on
WrkStat.aspx.
Technical details
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Data sheet
- Released
- 2026-08-11
- Classification
- Security Updates
- Type
- Cumulative update
- Restart
- Required
- Replaces
- KB5002883, KB5002874, KB5002870, KB5002854
| Version | Build | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 16.0.10417.20198 | General availability |
Security
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS |
|---|---|---|
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
|
Critical | 8.8 |
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Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Critical | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Critical | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft Office SharePoint Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 9.3 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
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Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
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Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Important | 8.1 |
|
Microsoft Office SharePoint Spoofing Vulnerability
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Important | 8.0 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 7.3 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Important | 7.3 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
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Important | 6.5 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Important | 6.5 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
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Important | 6.5 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Tampering Vulnerability
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Important | 6.5 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 6.5 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 4.6 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 4.6 |
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Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 4.6 |
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Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 4.6 |
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Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 4.6 |
|
Microsoft SharePoint Server Spoofing Vulnerability
|
Important | 4.6 |
Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)
Language packs (50)
- Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
- Azerbaijani (Latin, Azerbaijan)
- Basque (Spain)
- Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Bulgarian (Bulgaria)
- Catalan (Spain)
- Chinese (China)
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- Croatian (Croatia)
- Czech (Czechia)
- Danish (Denmark)
- Dari (Afghanistan)
- Dutch (Netherlands)
- English (United States)
- Estonian (Estonia)
- Finnish (Finland)
- French (France)
- Galician (Spain)
- German (Germany)
- Greek (Greece)
- Hebrew (Israel)
- Hindi (India)
- Hungarian (Hungary)
- Indonesian (Indonesia)
- Irish (Ireland)
- Italian (Italy)
- Japanese (Japan)
- Kazakh (Kazakhstan)
- Korean (South Korea)
- Latvian (Latvia)
- Lithuanian (Lithuania)
- Macedonian (North Macedonia)
- Malay (Malaysia)
- Norwegian Bokmål (Norway)
- Polish (Poland)
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Portuguese (Portugal)
- Romanian (Romania)
- Russian (Russia)
- Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)
- Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
- Slovak (Slovakia)
- Slovenian (Slovenia)
- Spanish (Spain)
- Swedish (Sweden)
- Thai (Thailand)
- Turkish (Türkiye)
- Ukrainian (Ukraine)
- Vietnamese (Vietnam)
- Welsh (United Kingdom)
Updated components
660 files changed since the previous update for the same versions.
| Top changed components | Files |
|---|---|
| Search | 44 |
| Project Server | 23 |
| Document conversion | 20 |
| Client object model | 9 |
| Access Services | 8 |
| Document management and policies | 6 |
| Managed metadata | 5 |
| Office web apps | 3 |
| PowerPoint | 3 |
| PowerShell | 2 |
| Publishing | 2 |
| Translation Services | 2 |
Verified in package: changed files confirm SharePoint 2010 Workflow, Workflow status links.
Page history
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Added CVE-2026-66805 (Important)
Sources
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (8)
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1.
Provides an advisory for SharePoint 2013 workflows.
support.microsoft.com -
2.
Notifies that orphaned Remote Event Receivers (RERs) that don't have an app identifier might be blocked in the future.
support.microsoft.com -
3.
Notifies that the ToolPane feature might be disabled in the future.
support.microsoft.com -
4.
Notifies that the ExecuteProxyUpdates feature might be disabled in the future.
support.microsoft.com -
5.
Notifies that OWA web part Exchange autodiscovery will be disabled starting with the August 2026 Public Update.
support.microsoft.com -
6.
Notifies that the SharePoint 2010 Workflow feature might be disabled in the future.
support.microsoft.com -
7.
Disables file-backed Business Data Connectivity (BDC) model import by default to improve security.
support.microsoft.com -
8.
Fixes an issue in which workflow status links break on the WrkStat.aspx page.
support.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 7 of 8 checks passed, 8 quoted passages · compared with Microsoft's page on Sep 26, 2026
- Quotes found in the official pages: passed
- Numbers found in the sources: passed
- Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
- Links to allowed domains only: passed
- Every official change covered: passed
- Readable plain text: passed
- Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
- Sources agree: not passed
A second AI read the text against the sources: correctness 4/5, clarity 4/5, completeness 5/5. How we work
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