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High 7.5Published Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2026-50414Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362, CWE-416
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 microsoft:windows_11_24h2 | from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.8875 | CNA record |
Microsoft Windows 11 Version 25H2 microsoft:windows_11_25h2 | from 10.0.26200.0 before 10.0.26200.8875 | CNA record |
Microsoft Windows 11 version 26H1 microsoft:windows_11_26h1 | from 10.0.28000.0 before 10.0.28000.2525 | CNA record |
Microsoft Windows Server 2025 microsoft:windows_server_2025 (from the name) | from 10.0.26100.0 before 10.0.26100.33158 | CNA record |
microsoft windows_11_24h2 microsoft:windows_11_24h2 | before 10.0.26100.8875; before 10.0.26100.8875 | NVD |
microsoft windows_11_25h2 microsoft:windows_11_25h2 | before 10.0.26200.8875; before 10.0.26200.8875 | NVD |
microsoft windows_11_26h1 microsoft:windows_11_26h1 | before 10.0.28000.2269; before 10.0.28000.2525 | NVD |
microsoft windows_server_2025 microsoft:windows_server_2025 | before 10.0.26100.33158 | NVD |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50414vendor-advisory, patch
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