CVE-2026-69414: Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CVSS Vector
- 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
- Category
- Elevation of Privilege
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Exploitation Likelihood
- More Likely
- Publicly Disclosed
- Yes
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-Aug
- Released
- 2026-08-14
Description
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.
Affected Products (1)
System Center
- Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
Acknowledgments
Anonymous
Revision History
- 2026-08-14: Information published.