High MSRC-CVE-2026-50375 1 CVE

DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 9, 2026 · Revision 4

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More 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

Vulnerabilities 1

Medium 6.3

CVE-2026-50375

DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows DirectX 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

2026-10-09 #4
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
2026-09-29 #3
Updated an acknowledgement. This is an informational change only.
2026-07-15 #2
Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.
2026-07-14 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-50375 DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50375
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