What is GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjx?

GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjx is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Use after free in Microsoft Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjx cover?

GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjx covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-50487. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjx?

GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjx has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjxHighCVSS 8.1

Use after free in Microsoft Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-50487 →

📋 Description

Use after free in Microsoft Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50487
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50487
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5fc8-2988-xmjx