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Attaching Onedrive file default permissions
I first noticed this in Outlook on the Web in April. I opened an Office 365 case that was not helpful at all then opened a Premier case which was not helpful either. I was told this was the way Modern Attachments have always behaved but I disagree. Premier support said my feature request was forwarded to the product team and that is the last information that I have received. In May when my Office C2R bits updated to build 1704.8067.2115 Outlook started assigning default permissions as organization can edit. The documentation here says "message recipients are automatically given permission to edit the file" - https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-an-attachment-in-Outlook-Web-App-41afffaf-bb90-440d-a1ba-9a736e066947. I also have a screenshot of the Office365 roadmap from May that shows "modern attachments are shared by default with recipients can edit." I hope this information helps someone else and hope this will be configurable at the tenant level in the near future.
Note - When the attachment is applied "organization can edit" permissions it is actually an anonymous link rather than setting permissions on the file (won't show up in Delve). Once the link is clicked by a user then that user shows permissions to the file.