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CVE-2026-69414highCWE-269CWE-284

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

41Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 7.8epss 0.2%
from disclosure to weapon4 days
Published on NVDAug 14
1st PoC+4d
exploitation probability
0.2%top 86% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "ShieldBreak ". We are working to provide a high quality security update that addresses this vulnerability. We will provide information in this CVE when the update is available.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
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