CVE-2026-50681: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Windows Cryptographic Services allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability involves an exposure of sensitive information (CWE-200) in Windows Cryptographic Services on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). An attacker with local privileges can exploit this flaw to disclose sensitive information. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, and low privileges required. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to a local attacker with some privileges. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability does not require user interaction and affects confidentiality only.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0) as detailed in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50681.
CVE-2026-50681: CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Windows Cryptographic Services allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability involves an exposure of sensitive information (CWE-200) in Windows Cryptographic Services on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). An attacker with local privileges can exploit this flaw to disclose sensitive information. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 5.5, reflecting a medium severity with local attack vector, low attack complexity, and low privileges required. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
The impact is limited to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information to a local attacker with some privileges. There is no impact on integrity or availability. The vulnerability does not require user interaction and affects confidentiality only.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0) as detailed in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50681.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-05T14:35:07.080Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50681","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a5676aa68715ace43f09770
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:49:30 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 15:16:55 UTC
Last updated: 08/25/2026, 22:52:12 UTC
Views: 54
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