Dashboard / CVE-2026-56178

CVE-2026-56178

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-07-14 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: High
A: None

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (2)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac 101.0.0 < 101.26042.0020
microsoft defender_for_endpoint 101.0.0 – 101.26042.0020

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.23%
Raw Score 0.002330
Percentile 14.2%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00233
2026-10-28
0.00233

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

External Links