CVE-2026-50656
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH 7.0EPSS 0.4%
Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "RoguePlanet ".
- Affected
- Microsoft · Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 7.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v3.1 MICROSOFT
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 29th percentile
- Published
- 2026-06-16
- Updated
- 2026-09-24
Proof-of-concept exploits (3)
- 0xBlackash/CVE-2026-5065610★ · 2026-06-18
- HORKimhab/CVE-2026-506560★ · 2026-09-09
- eh-amish/Windows-Defender-Security-Auditor-CVE-2026-50656-1★ · 2026-08-16