CVE-2026-50650: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in Microsoft .NET 8.0
Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-50650 is a code injection vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework 8.0 where improper control over code generation enables a local attacker without privileges to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-94 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high severity with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction but has low attack complexity. An official patch has been released to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthorized local attacker to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher access rights on the affected system. This can lead to full compromise of the affected environment's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the vendor-provided patch for Microsoft .NET 8.0 promptly to mitigate the risk. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch to affected systems.
CVE-2026-50650: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in Microsoft .NET 8.0
Description
Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~22.04.1?arch=source&distro=jammyRun on your own infrastructure? Check whether these packages are installed with threat-finder — our free open-source scanner.
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-50650 is a code injection vulnerability in Microsoft .NET Framework 8.0 where improper control over code generation enables a local attacker without privileges to elevate their privileges. The vulnerability is identified as CWE-94 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high severity with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability requires local access and user interaction but has low attack complexity. An official patch has been released to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an unauthorized local attacker to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher access rights on the affected system. This can lead to full compromise of the affected environment's confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available for this vulnerability. Users and administrators should apply the vendor-provided patch for Microsoft .NET 8.0 promptly to mitigate the risk. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch to affected systems.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Osv Id
- UBUNTU-CVE-2026-50650
- Osv Schema Version
- 1.7.0
- Aliases
- []
- Ecosystems
- ["Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"]
- Database Specific Severity
- null
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
Threat ID: 6a5e7a742a4a8d59899debd6
Added to database: 07/20/2026, 19:43:48 UTC
Last enriched: 08/08/2026, 16:49:06 UTC
Last updated: 09/03/2026, 10:52:09 UTC
Views: 27
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