CVE-2025-50155: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Push Notifications allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. This vulnerability (CVE-2025-50155) was disclosed on August 12, 2025, affecting multiple versions of Windows operating systems including Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server editions (NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as a type confusion issue (CWE-843) and heap-based buffer overflow (CWE-122). It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access, low attack complexity, low privileges, and no user interaction to exploit (NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an attacker to elevate privileges locally, potentially gaining high levels of access to affected systems. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability, all rated as High in the CVSS scoring (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability as part of the August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Affected users and organizations are advised to apply the relevant security patches to their systems (Fortra).