01 Record
CVE-2026-50480
Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-07-14 17:07Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-28 20:04Z19 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-04
- Assigning CNA
- microsoft
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 956a2d3d0e9fda1b27ac4b0ed5aed517793516dd32643ed3dc5a6f9b5f0fa0bf
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)6.2.9200.0 to < 6.2.9200.26226x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)6.3.9600.0 to < 6.3.9600.23291x64-based Systems
MicrosoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.14393.0 to < 10.0.14393.9339x64-based Systems
06 References
- msrc.microsoft.comWindows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50480