---
id: CVE-2026-50677
title: Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
summary: >-
  Use after free in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate
  privileges locally.
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: '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'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-416
  - CWE-362
vendor: Microsoft
product: Windows 11 Version 24H2
affected:
  - windows_11_version_24h2 >= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.8875
  - windows_11_version_25h2 >= 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.8875
  - windows_11_version_26h1 >= 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2525
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-07-13T00:00:00+00:00'
published: '2026-07-14'
updated: '2026-09-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T22:32:16.090Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50677'
references:
  - url: 'https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50677'
    label: Windows Media Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00256
epssPercentile: 0.17483
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T17:06:31.912Z'
---

## Overview

Use after free in Windows Media allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

## Affected

- `windows_11_version_24h2 >= 10.0.26100.0 < 10.0.26100.8875`
- `windows_11_version_25h2 >= 10.0.26200.0 < 10.0.26200.8875`
- `windows_11_version_26h1 >= 10.0.28000.0 < 10.0.28000.2525`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.