Microsoft has officially acknowledged a critical elevation-of-privilege zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine, the core component powering Microsoft Defender. Tracked as CVE-2026-50656 and publicly dubbed “RoguePlanet”. The vulnerability was formally published on June 16, 2026, by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 (Important) with no patch currently available […]
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