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CVE-2026-41091 CISA KEV · Actively exploited

Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS score

7.8

EPSS probability

%0.4

Risk score

0.1

Published

5 mo ago

Public Exploits · GitHub and Metasploit Intelligence

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CVE-2026-41091 (★1)

Public PoCSource updated: 22.05.2026 05:49:38

CVE-2026-41091 / CVE-2026-45498 Microsoft Defender vulnerability scanner (★0)

Public PoCSource updated: 23.05.2026 08:46:26

🔥 CVE-2026-41091 SolarFlare | Microsoft Defender LPE exploit. Low-privileged users gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM via Cloud Files API + NTFS junction trickery. Forces Defender to write malicious payloads to System32 with SYSTEM rights. ⚠️ Actively exploited in wild. CVSS 7.8. Patch: Defender Engine 1.1.26040.8. 🛡️ Educational PoC only. (★0)

Public PoCSource updated: 20.06.2026 21:08:33

Windwos Zero Day Local PrivESc Exploit (CVE-2026-41091) (★0)

Public PoCSource updated: 09.08.2026 20:27:48

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