Microsoft Confirms ShieldBreak Defender Flaw

Microsoft Confirms ShieldBreak Defender Flaw

Microsoft just patched one Defender privilege-escalation flaw, and researchers say another route to SYSTEM privileges is already exposed. The company is now working on a security update for ShieldBreak, a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-69414 that can allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM on affected Windows systems. The development comes days after security researcher Nightmare Eclipse published a working proof of concept (P…

Microsoft Scrambles To Patch ShieldBreak Zero-Day Flaw In Windows Defender

Microsoft nemesis Nightmare-Eclipse is at it again, this time with a bypass exploit for his original RoguePlanet Windows Defender privilege escalation exploit. The new exploit, dubbed ShieldBreak, also allows for elevation of privilege within Microsoft Defender. Based on what we know about RoguePlanet, that exploit hinged on a race condition