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CVE-2026-45585

· Published 20/05/2026 02:16 · Modified 04/06/2026 11:09 · Author: The MITRE Corporation

Labels: CVE-2026-45585 2026-05-20CVE-2026-45585CWE-77[email protected]

Essential information

Published
20/05/2026 02:16
Modified
04/06/2026 11:09
Author
The MITRE Corporation
Creator
The MITRE Corporation
CVSS
6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CWE-77
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS metrics

Description

Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows publicly referred to as "YellowKey". The proof of concept for this vulnerability has been made public violating coordinated vulnerability best practices. We are issuing this CVE to provide mitigation guidance that can be implemented to protect against this vulnerability until the security update is made available. Mitigation FAQs Should I leverage the temporary mitigation? Microsoft recommends that you consider implementing these mitigations if you are concerned your devices and data are at risk of being compromised or stolen. For example, if your organization’s employees take their work devices home or on business travel. What impact to service availability/management could be caused by implementing the mitigations? Implementing these mitigations will not impact service availability or management operations. Do customers need to revert the changes made to mitigate the vulnerability once the security update to protect against this vulnerability is available? No. The security update will maintain the mitigation's behavior once the security update is installed. I am using TPM+PIN, am I at risk of this vulnerability being exploited No, if you are using TPM+PIN the vulnerability is not exploitable.

NVD status

Status
Analyzed — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
microsoft / windows 11 24h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft / windows 11 25h2 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_25h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft / windows 11 26h1 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26h1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
microsoft / windows server 2025 cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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