CVE-2026-50657 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Exposure of private personal information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Defender For Endpoint

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50657

History

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Exposure of private personal information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Title		Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Information Disclosure Vulnerability
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft defender For Endpoint
Weaknesses		CWE-359
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint::::::macos::*
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft defender For Endpoint
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50657
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2026-07-14T17:08:09.761Z

Updated: 2026-07-17T21:31:55.718Z

Reserved: 2026-06-05T14:33:50.831Z

Link: CVE-2026-50657

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-15T13:59:43.265Z

NVD

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Redhat

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