High MSRC-CVE-2026-50312 1 CVE

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Jul 14, 2026

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

Security updates
10.0.17763.9020 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099538
10.0.20348.5386 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099540
10.0.19044.7548 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099539
10.0.26100.33158 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099536
10.0.26200.8875 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101650
10.0.28000.2525 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5101649
10.0.14393.9339 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099535
6.2.9200.26226 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099445
6.3.9600.23291 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5099444

Vulnerabilities 1

Medium 4.7

CVE-2026-50312

Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Windows 10 Version 1809 Windows

Jul 14, 2026

Revision history

2026-07-14 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-50312 Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50312
Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss