Overview
What is CVE-2026-69414?
Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "ShieldBreak ".
CVE intelligence
CVE-2026-69414
Vulnerability intelligence
7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-69414 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.6%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors1Source-linked actor relationships