{"id":"CVE-2026-56178","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-56178","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:10:31.055Z","title":"Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.","description":"Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.","published":"2026-07-14T18:18:24.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-24T21:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-367"],"affected":["microsoft/defender for endpoint"],"epss":{"score":0.00233,"percentile":0.14071,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56178","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56178","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}