CVE-2026-50646 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Protection mechanism failure in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	.net Visual Studio 2022 Visual Studio 2026

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References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50646

History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Protection mechanism failure in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Title		.NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft .net Microsoft visual Studio 2022 Microsoft visual Studio 2026
Weaknesses		CWE-502 CWE-693
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2026::::::::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft .net Microsoft visual Studio 2022 Microsoft visual Studio 2026
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50646
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2026-07-14T19:29:56.821Z

Updated: 2026-07-14T19:40:10.902Z

Reserved: 2026-06-05T14:33:50.830Z

Link: CVE-2026-50646

Vulnrichment

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NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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