Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), wi…
| CVE ID | CVE-2026-50656 |
| Vendor | The Hacker News |
| Affected Product | Threat Intelligence |
| Vulnerability Type | Zero-Day Exploit |
| CVSS Score | 8.0 (HIGH) |
| Actively Exploited | ✅ Yes |
| Patch Status | See Vendor Advisory → |
| Reported By | CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via thehackernews) |
Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), with the tech giant describing it as a privilege escalation flaw. "Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender
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