CVE-2026-56178
MEDIUMMicrosoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Title source: cnaDescription
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
patch
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56178
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0017
EPSS Percentile
6.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-367
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/defender_for_endpoint
101.0.0 - 101.26042.0020
Microsoft/Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac
101.0.0 - 101.26042.0020
Published
Jul 14, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 14, 2026