FKIE_CVE-2026-50656

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-16 19:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 19:10
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "RoguePlanet ". We are working to provide a high quality security update that addresses this vulnerability. We will provide information in this CVE when the update is available.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50656Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/MSNightmare/RoguePlanetProduct
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft malware_protection_engine -
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