CVE-2026-50663 Game: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
An attacker can execute arbitrary code remotely via a relative path traversal vulnerability in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-50663?
CVE-2026-50663 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Game, published on 14 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Relative path traversal in Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Game allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Weakness: CWE-23
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-50663?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Age of Empires Ii.
How do I fix CVE-2026-50663?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-50663 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-50663 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-50663 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-339x-6c8m-xvxc.