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    RoguePlanet CVE-2026-50656: Windows Defender Privilege Escalation With No Patch Yet

    Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-50656 in June 2026, confirming that a Windows Defender flaw publicly called RoguePlanet can let a local standard Windows user escalate to SYSTEM privileges while the company prepares a security update with no release date yet announced. The immediate story is a...
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    CVE-2026-50656 RoguePlanet: Defender Malware Engine EoP—What to Do Before the Fix

    Microsoft published CVE-2026-50656 on June 16, 2026, describing an Important elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine used by Defender, publicly known as “RoguePlanet,” with functional exploit code assessed as available but no confirmed exploitation yet...