CVE-2026-50658CWE-367

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

High · published July 14, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00202 · 9.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-367 · Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Published
2026-07-14T17:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 JUL 17:08Z
    Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    cvelistv5