CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-45656

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.31%

23th percentile - higher than 23% of all known CVEs

Summary

A protection mechanism failure in Windows UEFI allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Risk Assessment

An attacker with local access can bypass UEFI security, potentially compromising system integrity.

Recommendation

Install the security update from Microsoft for Windows UEFI.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Protection mechanism failure in Windows UEFI allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS