CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-56178
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac","vendor":"Microsoft","versions":[{"lessThan":"101.26042.0020","status":"affected","version":"101.0.0","versionType":"custom"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":5.5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-367","description":"CWE-367: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition","lang":"en-US","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:aa4a19681ad1d5474262c7623ddfb6b9bbec63f930a349c96519b4523220e26d · sha256:d416cebd6c1d345d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability","tags":["vendor-advisory","patch"],"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56178"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:aa4a19681ad1d5474262c7623ddfb6b9bbec63f930a349c96519b4523220e26d · sha256:d416cebd6c1d345d… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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