CVE detail
CVE-2026-50668
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
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Buzz score components · mention 17.9 · diversity 14.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 5
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 5
- highest bucket
Evidence
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5 source links · newest first
ation of remediations as a trailing indicator. SharePoint: critical auth bypass by Rapid7 Today sees the publication of CVE-2026-55040 , a critical authentication bypass in Microsoft SharePoint. Discovered by Rapid7 Senior Principal Security Researcher Stephen Fewer , and published today in coordination with Microsoft, this vulnerability is the first i
vendorwww.rapid7.comJul 14, 2026, 10:00 PMication denial-of-service, and arbitrary code execution. Zero-day Vulnerabilities Patched in July Patch Tuesday Edition CVE-2026-56155: Active Directory Federation Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Insufficient granularity of access control in Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) could allow an authenticated attacker to elevate priv
vendorblog.qualys.comJul 14, 2026, 9:23 PMile no official fix is available. The two actively exploited zero-days addressed during this month's Patch Tuesday are: CVE-2026-56155 - Active Directory Federation Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Microsoft has patched an actively exploited vulnerability in Active Directory Federation Services that grants administrative privileges. "Insuf
newswww.bleepingcomputer.comJul 14, 2026, 6:01 PM- The July 2026 Security Update ReviewZero Day Initiative
oser look at some of the more interesting updates for this month, starting with the bugs being exploited in the wild. - CVE-2026-56155 - Active Directory Federation Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability This is one of several AD FS being patched this month, but it’s the only one being actively exploited. It stems from insufficient access-contro
vendorwww.thezdi.comJul 14, 2026, 5:56 PM - CVE-2026-50668 Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege VulnerabilityMicrosoft MSRC
Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows NTFS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges with a physical attack.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comJul 14, 2026, 2:00 PM
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