ShieldBreak Zero-Day PoC Claims Microsoft Defender Patch Bypass With SYSTEM Access

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ShieldBreak Zero-Day PoC Claims Microsoft Defender Patch Bypass With SYSTEM Access

August 12, 2026 dirk 0 Comments 3 tags

ShieldBreak Zero-Day PoC Claims Microsoft Defender Patch Bypass With SYSTEM Access

The security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse (aka INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, and Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a new Microsoft zero-day called ShieldBreak.

The vulnerability, rooted in Microsoft Defender for Windows, demonstrates a patch bypass for CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), otherwise known as RoguePlanet.

RoguePlanet has been described

Source: The Hacker News

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