Microsoft Patches RoguePlanet Defender Flaw That Can Grant SYSTEM Privileges
Source: The Hacker News
Microsoft has released security updates for a Defender vulnerability known as RoguePlanet, nearly a month after details of the flaw became public.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (“mpengine.dl