CVE-2026-50418: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Improper access control in Windows System allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves improper access control in the Windows System component of Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). It allows an unauthorized local attacker to bypass a security feature, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2026-50418 and is classified under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control). Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
An unauthorized local attacker can bypass a security feature, resulting in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no impact on availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50418 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-50418: CWE-284: Improper Access Control in Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2
Description
Improper access control in Windows System allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.1medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves improper access control in the Windows System component of Microsoft Windows 11 Version 24H2 (build 10.0.26100.0). It allows an unauthorized local attacker to bypass a security feature, potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2026-50418 and is classified under CWE-284 (Improper Access Control). Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
An unauthorized local attacker can bypass a security feature, resulting in limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no impact on availability. No known exploits are reported in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50418 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-2026-50418","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a56769b68715ace43f09148
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:49:15 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 14:51:20 UTC
Last updated: 08/27/2026, 11:04:02 UTC
Views: 51
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