CVE-2026-50522: Why SharePoint Patching Is Only Step One

A critical SharePoint alert arrives, the update goes in, and the ticket closes. But what if an attacker entered before the lock was fixed and left with secrets that still work? In this episode of Plaintext with Rich, Rich explains why CVE-2026-50522 is more than an ordinary patch story. The actively exploited remote code execution flaw affects on-premises Microsoft SharePoint Server, including SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2019, and SharePoint Server Subscription Editio...