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CVE-2026-42893 is an important-severity command injection vulnerability (CWE-77) in Microsoft Outlook for iOS that allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network, requiring user interaction. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.4. The vulnerability is addressed in build 5.2617.1, and users are required to apply the provided security update.