CVE-2026-50695: CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Stack-based buffer overflow in Active Directory Federation Services allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-50695) involves a stack-based buffer overflow in Active Directory Federation Services on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation can lead to denial of service (DoS) conditions remotely without requiring privileges or user interaction. The vulnerability has been assigned a high severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely to cause a denial of service, disrupting availability of Active Directory Federation Services on affected Windows 10 Version 1607 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector. No known exploits are currently observed 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-2026-50695 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-50695: CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Active Directory Federation Services allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.5high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-50695) involves a stack-based buffer overflow in Active Directory Federation Services on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation can lead to denial of service (DoS) conditions remotely without requiring privileges or user interaction. The vulnerability has been assigned a high severity with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction, and impact limited to availability. Microsoft has published an official fix for this vulnerability.
Potential Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely to cause a denial of service, disrupting availability of Active Directory Federation Services on affected Windows 10 Version 1607 systems. There is no impact on confidentiality or integrity according to the CVSS vector. No known exploits are currently observed 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-2026-50695 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-05T14:35:07.081Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50695","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a566f7968715ace43e6b9e2
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 17:18:49 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 15:19:18 UTC
Last updated: 08/28/2026, 19:39:45 UTC
Views: 59
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