CVE-2026-50658: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7epss 0.2%
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for MacRelated CVEs — Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac
In the same product, most dangerous first.
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