What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-50438: Microsoft PC Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-14 · updated 2026-10-28
- Weakness: CWE-59
Description
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft PC Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products
- Microsoft PC Manager: before 3.22.1.0 — fixed in 3.22.1.0
- Microsoft PC Manager: from 1.0.0 before 3.22.1.0 — fixed in 3.22.1.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft PC Manager 3.22.1.0; Microsoft PC Manager 3.22.1.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
Get alerted when CVE-2026-50438 or the next vulnerability affects your stack