Microsoft Defender 'RoguePlanet' zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges (opens in new tab)  🔒Security

A security researcher has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit named \"RoguePlanet\" just hours after Microsoft fixed two previously disclosed flaws during June 2026 Patch Tuesday\. The researcher, known as Nightmare Eclipse, says the new vulnerability affects fully patched Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices, allowing attackers to spawn a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges via a Microsoft Defender race condition vulnerability\. The researcher shared a proof-of-concept expl...