CVE-2026-50416: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-50416) involves the exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in the Windows Win32K subsystem on Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). An attacker with local privileges can exploit this flaw to disclose information without requiring user interaction. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 3.3, indicating low severity, with attack vector local, low complexity, and low privileges required. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to information disclosure of sensitive data to an unauthorized local attacker. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The attacker must have local access and some privileges. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50416 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-50416: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Description
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 3.3low
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-50416) involves the exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in the Windows Win32K subsystem on Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). An attacker with local privileges can exploit this flaw to disclose information without requiring user interaction. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 3.3, indicating low severity, with attack vector local, low complexity, and low privileges required. Microsoft has issued an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to information disclosure of sensitive data to an unauthorized local attacker. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The attacker must have local access and some privileges. No known exploits are reported in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50416 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-04T18:56:53.259Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50416","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a56769b68715ace43f09142
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:49:15 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 14:50:57 UTC
Last updated: 08/27/2026, 11:04:02 UTC
Views: 105
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