Microsoft has disclosed that a privilege escalation and a denial-of-service flaw in Defender has come under active exploitation in the wild. The former, tracked as CVE-2026-41091, is rated 7.8 on the CVSS scoring system…
| CVE ID | CVE-2026-41091 |
| Vendor | The Hacker News |
| Affected Product | Threat Intelligence |
| Vulnerability Type | Vulnerability |
| CVSS Score | 8.0 (HIGH) |
| Actively Exploited | ✅ Yes |
| Patch Status | See Vendor Advisory → |
| Reported By | CYBERDUDEBIVASH SENTINEL APEX Intelligence (via thehackernews) |
Microsoft has disclosed that a privilege escalation and a denial-of-service flaw in Defender has come under active exploitation in the wild. The former, tracked as CVE-2026-41091, is rated 7.8 on the CVSS scoring system. Successful exploitation of the flaw could allow an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges. "Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Microsoft Defender
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