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EchoLeak Zero-Click Prompt Injection on M365 Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Researchers uncovered a zero-click prompt injection vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot exploiting RAG context. Malicious emails triggered unauthorized data retrieval and subsequent exfiltration without user interaction.

first report
30 Jun 2026
last update
30 Jun 2026

Timeline · 4

  1. 30 Jun 2026EchoLeak: Zero-Click Prompt Injection Targeting M365 Copilot for Data Exfiltration
  2. 30 Jun 2026EchoLeak: The First Real-World Zero-Click Prompt Injection Exploit in a Production LLM System
  3. 30 Jun 2026CVE-2025-32711
  4. 30 Jun 2026Breaking down 'EchoLeak', the First Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Enabling Data Exfiltration from Microsoft 365 Copilot

Sources · 4

News and write-ups

  1. 2026-06-30
    CVE-2025-32711
    cve.org · cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32711
  2. 2026-06-30

Research and catalogues

  1. 2026-06-30
  2. 2026-06-30

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Classification

AI role
Attack on AI
categories
Prompt injectionAgent hijackData leak
severity
1 · Research / proof of concept
targets
Microsoft
dates
happened May 2025 (approx.) · first reported 30 Jun 2026
origin
MITRE ATLAS
Derived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
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confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z

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# EchoLeak Zero-Click Prompt Injection on M365 Copilot

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/echoleak-zero-click-prompt-injection-on-m365-copilot · AIR-2026-0356 · closed 2026-07-14

- Lane: Research
- Severity: 1 (Research / proof of concept)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2026-06-30 (happened 2025-05)
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Microsoft 365 Copilot

## Summary

Researchers uncovered a zero-click prompt injection vulnerability in Microsoft 365 Copilot exploiting RAG context. Malicious emails triggered unauthorized data retrieval and subsequent exfiltration without user interaction.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2026-06-30: Breaking down 'EchoLeak', the First Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Enabling Data Exfiltration from Microsoft 365 Copilot (https://catonetworks.com/blog/breaking-down-echoleak)
- 2026-06-30: CVE-2025-32711 (https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32711)
- 2026-06-30: EchoLeak: The First Real-World Zero-Click Prompt Injection Exploit in a Production LLM System (https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10540)
- 2026-06-30: EchoLeak: Zero-Click Prompt Injection Targeting M365 Copilot for Data Exfiltration (https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0059)

## Sources

- 2026-06-30 MITRE ATLAS: EchoLeak: Zero-Click Prompt Injection Targeting M365 Copilot for Data Exfiltration https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0059
- 2026-06-30 arXiv: EchoLeak: The First Real-World Zero-Click Prompt Injection Exploit in a Production LLM System https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10540
- 2026-06-30 cve.org: CVE-2025-32711 https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-32711
- 2026-06-30 catonetworks.com: Breaking down 'EchoLeak', the First Zero-Click AI Vulnerability Enabling Data Exfiltration from Microsoft 365 Copilot https://catonetworks.com/blog/breaking-down-echoleak

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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