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CVE-2026-50692

Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 25th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.18.8HighEPSS percentile25th0.3% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix5 products8 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

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  • Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607Affected: ≥ 10.0.14393.0, < 10.0.14393.9339Upgrade to: 10.0.14393.9339Affected: ≥ 10.0.17763.0, < 10.0.17763.9020Upgrade to: 10.0.17763.9020Affected: ≥ 10.0.19044.0, < 10.0.19044.7548Upgrade to: 10.0.19044.7548Affected: ≥ 10.0.19045.0, < 10.0.19045.7548Upgrade to: 10.0.19045.7548Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2Affected: ≥ 10.0.26100.0, < 10.0.26100.8875Upgrade to: 10.0.26100.8875Affected: ≥ 10.0.26200.0, < 10.0.26200.8875Upgrade to: 10.0.26200.8875Affected: ≥ 10.0.28000.0, < 10.0.28000.2525Upgrade to: 10.0.28000.2525Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016Affected: ≥ 10.0.14393.0, < 10.0.14393.9339Upgrade to: 10.0.14393.9339Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019Affected: ≥ 10.0.17763.0, < 10.0.17763.9020Upgrade to: 10.0.17763.9020Stated by: CVE record
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022Affected: ≥ 10.0.20348.0, < 10.0.20348.5386Upgrade to: 10.0.20348.5386Stated by: CVE record

Versions as the sources state them. 1 more product has version data. Full version matrix after sign-in

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What it is

From the CVE record

Heap-based buffer overflow in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS25th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 25th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

11 events over 27 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablerecord updated
  2. Patch availablerecord updated
  3. Record updated
  4. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped, record updated, record updated
  5. OpenVAS check added

Affected products

And 19 more affected products. See all after sign-in

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

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

Scored 8.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector LocalRequires local access to the vulnerable system (e.g. local login, malicious file)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required LowRequires basic user-level privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope ChangedThe exploit can affect other components (e.g. sandbox escape, host compromise from VM)

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
  • Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

In the news

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