Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2026-96196
Summary
Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "ShieldBreak ".
Products covered
Microsoft Malware Protection Engine
Remediation
Release Notes
Vendor-listed fixes
1.1.26080.3
CVEs in this advisory 1
Update history
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