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.
We are issuing this CVE to provide mitigation guidance that can be implemented to protect against this vulnerability until the security update is made available.
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Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000
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| 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. We are issuing this CVE to provide mitigation guidance that can be implemented to protect against this vulnerability until the security update is made available. | |
| Title | Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability | |
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Microsoft
Microsoft windows 11 24h2 Microsoft windows 11 26h1 Microsoft windows 11 2h2 Microsoft windows Server 2025 |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-77 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_24H2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_26H1:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_2H2:*:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2025:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Microsoft
Microsoft windows 11 24h2 Microsoft windows 11 26h1 Microsoft windows 11 2h2 Microsoft windows Server 2025 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: microsoft
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-19T23:30:26.247Z
Reserved: 2026-05-12T19:55:45.729Z
Link: CVE-2026-45585
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-20T00:16:44.380
Modified: 2026-05-20T00:16:44.380
Link: CVE-2026-45585
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-20T02:00:11Z