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Microsoft confirms two major Defender security issues — so update now or face possible attack

  • Sead Fadilpašić--TechRadar
  • published date: 2026-05-22 17:05:00 UTC

CISA confirms two bugs being actively exploited in the wild, as Microsoft releases patches.

<ul><li>Microsoft patches two actively exploited zero‑day flaws in Defender, tracked as CVE‑2026‑41091 (privilege escalation) and CVE‑2026‑45498 (denial of service)</li><li>Updates were shipped autom… [+2603 chars]