{"cve":"CVE-2026-45585","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-20T00:16:44.380","modified":"2026-07-24T09:10:00.153","status":"Modified","description":"Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows publicly referred to as "YellowKey". The proof of concept for this vulnerability has been made public violating coordinated vulnerability best practices.\nWe are issuing this CVE to provide mitigation guidance that can be implemented to protect against this vulnerability until the security update is made available.\nMitigation FAQs\nShould I leverage the temporary mitigation?\nMicrosoft recommends that you consider implementing these mitigations if you are concerned your devices and data are at risk of being compromised or stolen. For example, if your organization’s employees take their work devices home or on business travel.\nWhat impact to service availability/management could be caused by implementing the mitigations?\nImplementing these mitigations will not impact service availability or management operations.\nDo customers need to revert the changes made to mitigate the vulnerability once the security update to protect against this vulnerability is available?\nNo. The security update will maintain the mitigation's behavior once the security update is installed.\nI am using TPM+PIN, am I at risk of this vulnerability being exploited\nNo, if you are using TPM+PIN the vulnerability is not exploitable.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":6.8},"cwes":["CWE-77"],"references":["https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45585","https://github.com/Nightmare-Eclipse/YellowKey"],"products":["microsoft:windows_11_24h2","microsoft:windows_11_25h2","microsoft:windows_11_26h1","microsoft:windows_server_2025"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:35:16.954578616+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45585","score":0.01891,"percentile":0.79569,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}