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Microsoft Defender Insufficient Granularity of Access Control Vulnerability

CISA lists this Microsoft vulnerability as known exploited. Its MSRC release detail is outside this installation's collected history.

CISA catalog record

Microsoft Defender contains an insufficient granularity of access control vulnerability that could allow an authorized attacker to escalate privileges locally.

Product
Defender
Added to KEV
22 Apr 2026
Federal remediation due
6 May 2026
Known ransomware use
Yes
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  1. 23 Oct 2026 · 09:33:49 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevIncomplete → Current
  2. 23 Oct 2026 · 08:31:50 UTC Source coverage: cisa-kevCurrent → Incomplete

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CVE-2026-33825

CISA KEV listing collected · added 22 Apr 2026 · Microsoft · Defender

Microsoft Defender contains an insufficient granularity of access control vulnerability that could allow an authorized attacker to escalate privileges locally.

CISA source

EPSS unknown / outside the collected prediction scope.

Observed 23 Oct 2026 16:01:26 UTC · Complete immutable risk JSON

cve-program · CVE-2026-33825

Published

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Insufficient granularity of access control in Microsoft Defender allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Source published
14 Apr 2026 16:57:49 UTC
Source modified
15 Oct 2026 15:53:00 UTC
Observed here
23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
Source terms
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CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 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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