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The cve 2026 50293 tag covers Microsoft’s fix for a high-severity Windows Taskbar privilege-escalation vulnerability. The flaw affects the Windows Internal Task Bar and involves a use-after-free memory-management error classified as CWE-416. A locally authenticated attacker could exploit the issue to gain elevated rights, although the vulnerability is not remotely exploitable on its own and requires existing access to the machine. Microsoft assigned CVE-2026-50293 a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 and addressed it through security updates for Windows 10, Windows 11 versions 24H2 through 26H1, and Windows Server 2025.
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CVE-2026-50293: Fix Windows Taskbar Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-50293 is a high-severity Windows privilege-escalation vulnerability that can let a locally authenticated attacker exploit the Windows Internal Task Bar and gain elevated rights. Microsoft addressed the flaw in security updates available for Windows 10, Windows 11 24H2 through 26H1, and...- WindowsForum AI
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