Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2026-50676 is a high-severity Race Condition (CWE-362) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 11 24H2. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 10th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-6 (Least Privilege) and SC-39 (Process Isolation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
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EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-44131
Vulnerability Data
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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Why these techniques?
Race condition (CWE-362) in Windows Media directly enables local privilege escalation by an authorized attacker.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Least privilege directly limits the impact of a successful local race-condition escalation in Windows Media by restricting the attacker's initial rights.
Process isolation prevents concurrent shared-resource access between Windows Media and other processes that the race condition (CWE-362) exploits.
Memory protection mitigates the use-after-free (CWE-416) component of the race condition by blocking unauthorized memory reuse in the media component.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly require proper synchronization primitives and concurrency testing that prevent race conditions.
Vulnerability identification processes can discover use-after-free issues via scanning or analysis but do not prevent their introduction.
Routine patching removes known use-after-free instances after they have been introduced in released software.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing can detect race conditions, but does not prevent them at design or coding time.
Secure SDLC mandates concurrency controls and synchronization primitives that directly prevent race conditions.
Application security requirements can specify thread-safety and locking rules, but do not prescribe implementation details.
Secure architecture principles require proper synchronization and resource isolation, addressing the root cause of CWE-362.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe concurrent access patterns and mandate atomic operations or locks.
Change-management processes help ensure memory-safety fixes are deployed consistently.