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High MSRC-CVE-2026-50668 1 CVE

Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Jul 14, 2026

Summary

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

Details

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is physical (AV:P). What does that mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker with physical access to a vulnerable system could insert a specially crafted USB device.
This vulnerability could also be exploited through a local attack vector. An attacker authenticated as an administrator on a vulnerable system could mount a specially crafted virtual hard drive (VHD) to exploit the system. This scenario results in a lower CVSS score which is why the primary attack vector is listed as Physical in our documentation.

What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.

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

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