CVE-2026-50455: Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Use of uninitialized resource in Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Use of uninitialized resource in Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
- Who is affected
- Authorized users of systems using Universal Plug and Play.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency as it can lead to information disclosure.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patch for Universal Plug and Play.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50455
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-504550.30% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 22% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-50455 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
Recent advisories for Universal Plug and
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- mediumCVE-2026-58547: Heap-based buffer overflow in Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) allows an authorized attacker…nvd · 2026-07-14
- mediumCVE-2026-50455: Use of uninitialized resource in Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) allows an authorized attac…nvd · 2026-07-14
- mediumCVE-2026-49180: Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Universal Plug and Play (upn…nvd · 2026-07-14
- mediumCVE-2026-58547: Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilitymsrc · 2026-07-14
- mediumCVE-2026-49180: Universal Plug and Play (upnp.dll) Information Disclosure Vulnerabilitymsrc · 2026-07-14
- criticalexploitedCVE-2019-1405: Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Service Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-03-15
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