Microsoft has officially acknowledged a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender, publicly dubbed “RoguePlanet,” and confirmed it is actively developing a security patch to address the flaw. Tracked as CVE-2026-50656, the vulnerability was formally published on June 16, 2026, by the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) and carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (Important) under
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