Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "ShieldBreak ".
Fix
Public exploits 2
- 1neptune/ShieldBreak PoC on GitHub
- maxprog-svg/CVE-2026-69414 PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
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Change history 6
- CwesCWE-284 → CWE-59, CWE-269NVD modified 2026-10-28 20:18
- References+1 references (now 2)NVD modified 2026-10-28 20:18
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-28 20:18
- StatusPublished → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-28 20:18
- CVSS7.8 (v3.1, 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) → 7.8 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-28 20:18
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · microsoftNVD modified 2026-10-21 20:53
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:malware_protection_engine:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*