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CVE-2026-45498 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform. It affects Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform version 4.18.26030.3011 and earlier, and related deployments using the same protection components. Public reporting describes the issue as allowing a local unauthenticated attacker to disrupt Microsoft Defender so that the protection tool becomes unavailable, with some reporting characterizing the effect as blinding Defender and causing incorrect health reporting to management components. Microsoft fixed the vulnerability in platform version 4.18.26040.7.
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112 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Previously disclosed Windows vulnerability referenced only in passing among earlier exploit publications.
A named Windows zero-day disclosed by Chaotic Eclipse; no further technical detail is provided in the content.
A Windows Defender-related flaw/tool referenced as part of NightmareEclipse’s prior toolkit, described as blinding Defender and falsifying health status to the management console.
Another Microsoft-related zero-day mentioned only in passing in a list of disclosed bugs; no technical details are provided in this article.
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Malware families riding this exploit, with evidence and IOCs.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Cross-references every affected SKU, including bundled OEM variants.
Community discussion across Reddit, Mastodon, and other social sources.