CVE-2026-50656
Published: 16 June 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-50656 is a high-severity Link Following (CWE-59) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 26.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-37141
Vulnerability details
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…
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information in this CVE when the update is available.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.