Microsoft Confirms RoguePlanet Defender Zero-Day, Says Patch is in Development

Microsoft has formally disclosed that it's working to release a patch to address a Defender zero-day codenamed RoguePlanet. The vulnerability has now been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-50656 CVSS score: 7.8, with the tech giant describing it as a privilege escalation flaw. "Microsoft is...

CVE-2026-50656

Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "RoguePlanet ". We are working to provide a high quality security update that addresses this vulnerability. We will provide information in this CVE when the...

Microsoft Defender RoguePlanet Zero-Day Grants SYSTEM Access on Updated Windows

The anonymous security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse aka Nightmare-Eclipse has released a proof-of-concept PoC exploit for yet another Microsoft Defender zero-day named RoguePlanet. "The exploit is a race condition, so it's a hit or miss," the researcher, who published the exploit...

PT-2026-49756

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Defender affected versions not specified Windows 10 affected versions not specified Windows 11 affected versions not specified Description An elevation of privilege flaw, publicly referred to as RoguePlanet, exists in the Microsoft...