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CVE-2026-50656

high

Description

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

References

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

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/07/microsoft-fixes-rogueplanet-zero-day-in-defender

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/microsoft-rogueplanet-zero-day-threat

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/07/patch-for-windows-defender-0-day-could-allow-attackers-to-fill-hard-disk/

https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-working-on-patch-for-rogueplanet-zero-day/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/microsoft-confirms-rogueplanet-defender_02022423645.html

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/06/10/nightmare-eclipse-publishes-new-windows-defender-zero-day/5253725

https://github.com/MSNightmare/RoguePlanet

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-16

Updated: 2026-07-09

Named Vulnerability: RoguePlanetNamed Vulnerability: GreatXML

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00387

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