CVE-2025-50176

Local code execution via Graphics Kernel type confusion

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Type confusion in the Microsoft Graphics Kernel allows local users with low privileges to execute code on affected Windows systems. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Graphics Kernel code path or the incompatible resource types involved. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and no user interaction, with code execution limited to the affected host.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.49%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Type confusion in the Microsoft Graphics Kernel allows local users with low privileges to execute code on affected Windows systems. Microsoft has not disclosed the affected Graphics Kernel code path or the incompatible resource types involved. Exploitation requires local low-privilege access and no user interaction, with code execution limited to the affected host.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-50176
Published
Aug 12, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
Classifications
CWE-843, CWE-122
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4946

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4946
Microsoft · Windows 11, version 24H2version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4946
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)version=10.0.25398.0 <10.0.25398.1791
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 22H3version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.5768
Microsoft · Windows 11 Version 23H2version=10.0.22631.0 <10.0.22631.5768
Microsoft · Windows 11, version 22H2version=10.0.22621.0 <10.0.22621.5768
Microsoft · Windows Server 2022version=10.0.20348.0 <10.0.20348.4052
Microsoft · Windows Server 2025version=10.0.26100.0 <10.0.26100.4946

Published CVSS scores

7.8Microsoft CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
CWE-122Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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