CVE-2026-21537 (GCVE-0-2026-21537)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-02-10 17:51
Modified
2026-04-10 13:21
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Summary
Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Microsoft Defender for Linux allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over an adjacent network.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Linux Version: 101.0.0   < 1.0.9.0
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