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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2026· Updated Jul 22, 2026

CVE-2026-56178

CVE-2026-56178

Description

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

Affected products

2

Microsoft/Defender For Endpointllm-fuzzy2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:defender_for_endpoint:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*range: >=101.0.0,<101.26042.0020

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

1

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56178nvdVendor Advisory

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