Vulnerabilities

New Defender zero-day gives SYSTEM on patched Windows

August 12, 2026 1 min read 5 views
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Researcher Nightmare Eclipse published ShieldBreak, a zero-day bypassing Microsoft's RoguePlanet patch, granting SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows. It works on latest Windows 11, per Kevin Beaumont.

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