CVE-2026-45498 (GCVE-0-2026-45498)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-05-20 13:09
Modified
2026-06-09 19:33
Severity ?
4.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Summary
Microsoft Defender Denial of Service Vulnerability
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft Defender Antimalware Platform Version: 4.0.0.0   < 4.18.26040.7
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2026-05-20

Due date: 2026-06-03

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45498 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45498

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