CVE-2026-69414
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Aug 14, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 3, 2026
Description
Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "ShieldBreak ".
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | 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 | microsoft |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Microsoft Malware Protection EngineMicrosoft |
|
References
- Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch
- https://github.com/MSNightmare/ShieldBreakexploit
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