CVE-2026-50656

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
3.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 13% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: June 16, 2026 (23 days ago)
Last Modified: July 9, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "RoguePlanet ".

CWE

CWE-59

Affected Products

microsoft malware protection engine

References

🔗 msrc.microsoft.com 🔗 github.com