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CVE-2026-50293

33
FAUCET Score

Use after free in Windows Internal Task Bar allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

First published: Jul 14, 2026Last modified: Jul 22, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 10.0.19044.7548CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
< 10.0.19044.7548CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
< 10.0.19044.7548CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_21h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
< 10.0.19045.7548CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:arm64:*
< 10.0.19045.7548CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (16)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.7548
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.7548
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 21H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19044.7548
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.7548
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.7548
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 10 Version 22H2 for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: 10.0.19045.7548
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)Fixed in: 10.0.26100.33158
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows Server 2025Fixed in: 10.0.26100.33158
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.28000.2525
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 26H1 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.28000.2525
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 25H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26200.8875
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 25H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26200.8875
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for ARM64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.8875
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 Version 24H2 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.26100.8875
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Windows 11 version 26H1 for x64-based SystemsFixed in: 10.0.28000.2269
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Jul/CVE-2026-50293Important

Windows Internal Task Bar Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Jul 14, 2026

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50293
PatchVendor Advisory