What is GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85w?

GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85w is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) allows an...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85w cover?

GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85w covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-50480. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85w?

GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85w has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85wHighCVSS 7.8

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) allows an...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 14, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-50480 →

📋 Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50480
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50480
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c44-h2jq-c85w