CVE-2026-50336: Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2

Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0033 · 26th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 14 Jul 2026, 17:06 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 24H2	affected 10.0.26100.0 to before 10.0.26100.8875 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 Version 25H2	affected 10.0.26200.0 to before 10.0.26200.8875 custom
Microsoft	Windows 11 version 26H1	affected 10.0.28000.0 to before 10.0.28000.2525 custom

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Microsoft Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2 and 26H1 are affected before builds 10.0.26100.8875, 10.0.26200.8875 and 10.0.28000.2525 respectively. A heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Media lets an attacker who already has authorized local access elevate their privileges. The source gives few details. Upgrade to the fixed build for your version of Windows 11.

Written 13 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	CNA (microsoft)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0033, the 26th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

14 Jul 2026, 17:06 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50336 vendor-advisorypatch

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