https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45584

One job. You had one job.

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Defender allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would require a remote, unauthenticated attacker to entice a local user to take multiple actions that results in Defender scanning a malicious file that has been quarantined.

This is something I love about some AV vulnerabilities - intentionally triggering detections as part of exploitation. Also had that with the Nightmare Eclipse Defender vulns & also had me giggle there  . I just ... feels right!

@nyanbinary Microsoft Offender
@LucasWerkmeister the best defense is a good offense. This is why the A in AV now stands for Agentic, performing fully autonomous cyber offense operations from your laptop!
@nyanbinary @LucasWerkmeister from defender to offender to slopfender
@nyanbinary maybe the 11 in windows 11 meant the cvss score?
@nyanbinary I'm sure they learned their lesson and won't let it ever happen again! 

@catsalad @nyanbinary

Was it Defender that would execute JS without a sandbox and was trivially exploitable like…a few years ago? I think that was them.

@nyanbinary they should fire more engineers, so they have more funds for copilot tokens