CVE-2026-48575: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Protection mechanism failure in Windows Secure Boot allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-48575) involves a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) in the Secure Boot feature of Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It enables an authorized attacker with high privileges to locally bypass security controls, potentially compromising system confidentiality and integrity. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.9, reflecting local attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and scope change. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authorized local access and high privileges can bypass Secure Boot protections, potentially leading to unauthorized access or modification of sensitive system components. The confidentiality and integrity of the system are impacted, but availability is not affected. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48575 to remediate this vulnerability.
CVE-2026-48575: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Protection mechanism failure in Windows Secure Boot allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.9high
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-48575) involves a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) in the Secure Boot feature of Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). It enables an authorized attacker with high privileges to locally bypass security controls, potentially compromising system confidentiality and integrity. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 7.9, reflecting local attack vector, low attack complexity, high privileges required, no user interaction, and scope change. Microsoft has published an official fix to address this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker with authorized local access and high privileges can bypass Secure Boot protections, potentially leading to unauthorized access or modification of sensitive system components. The confidentiality and integrity of the system are impacted, but availability is not affected. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48575 to remediate this vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-21T20:00:35.246Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48575","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a284d178dd33fbd85665a03
Added to database: 06/09/2026, 17:27:51 UTC
Last enriched: 07/29/2026, 22:08:51 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 21:26:45 UTC
Views: 59
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