--- title: Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II description: Microsoft patched a vulnerability (CVE-2026-50663) in Age of Empires II Definitive Edition that could allow attackers to take over a victim's computer via a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii-49zv8w8gs twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft patched a vulnerability (CVE-2026-50663) in Age of Empires II Definitive Edition that could allow attackers to take over a victim's computer via a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-patches-bug-in-video-game-age-of-empires-ii-49zv8w8gs og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/49Zv8w8GS.png og:image:alt: Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft patches bug in video game Age of Empires II **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft patched a vulnerability (CVE-2026-50663) in Age of Empires II Definitive Edition that could allow attackers to take over a victim's computer via a malicious game invite. A successful exploit would let hackers place malicious files and execute arbitrary code on the target machine. The bug was fixed as part of Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday, which set a record for the number of security fixes, aided by AI-assisted vulnerability discovery. No evidence of in-the-wild exploitation has been found. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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