Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "RoguePlanet ".
Fix
Public exploits 4
- 0xBlackash/CVE-2026-50656 PoC on GitHub
- HORKimhab/CVE-2026-50656 PoC on GitHub
- eh-amish/Windows-Defender-Security-Auditor-CVE-2026-50656- PoC on GitHub
- g0thamRabb1t/CVE-2026-50656-rogueplanet-validation PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.0 · microsoftNVD modified 2026-10-25 23:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*