CVE-2026-50656

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

16/06/2026

Last modified:

16/06/2026

Description

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

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50656
https://github.com/MSNightmare/RoguePlanet