AI description
CVE-2026-45655 is identified as a Windows BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability, disclosed by Microsoft in its June 9, 2026 Security Update Guide. This vulnerability was part of a significant Patch Tuesday release that included numerous other fixes related to boot, Secure Boot, UEFI, and BitLocker for supported Windows systems. Exploitation of CVE-2026-45655 is considered easy and requires an attacker to have physical access to the target device. A successful exploit could allow an attacker to bypass the BitLocker Device Encryption feature on the system's storage, potentially granting access to encrypted data without requiring authentication.
- Description
- Protection mechanism failure in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.3
- Impact score
- 4
- Exploitability score
- 0.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- secure@microsoft.com
- CWE-693
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- Hype score
9