CVE-2026-50657

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 66% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
33.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 22, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: microsoft.
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-50657(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 23× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-23 03:18 UTCEG score recompute▲ 0.80
  2. 2026-07-22 16:51 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 5.5
  3. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-19 03:02 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-19 03:02 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-19 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-17 07:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-17 07:49 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-07-17 07:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-16 17:06 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-16 17:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-16 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-15 17:27 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-15 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-14 17:46 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-14 17:46 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-14 17:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-50657?
CVE-2026-50657 is a medium vulnerability published on July 14, 2026. Exposure of private personal information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
When was CVE-2026-50657 disclosed?
CVE-2026-50657 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 14, 2026, with the most recent update on July 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-50657 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-50657 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 33.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-50657?
CVE-2026-50657 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-50657?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-50657, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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