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Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass

IdentifiersCVE-2026-45655CWE-693· Protection Mechanism Failure

CVE-2026-45655 is a protection mechanism failure in Windows BitLocker. According to the provided advisory context, the flaw allows an unauthorized attacker with physical access to bypass a BitLocker security feature on the system storage device. Microsoft classifies the issue as a Security Feature Bypass. The available information does not identify a specific vulnerable function or code path, but the vulnerability affects BitLocker Device Encryption protections intended to prevent offline access to encrypted data.

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Impact

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Successful exploitation can bypass BitLocker Device Encryption on the affected system storage device, enabling an attacker with physical access to gain access to data that should remain protected by disk encryption. The primary impact is unauthorized access to encrypted data through circumvention of the protection mechanism rather than remote code execution or privilege escalation.

Mitigation

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No specific mitigation is provided in the supplied content. Based on the available information, limiting physical access to affected devices until the June 2026 Microsoft security update is applied may reduce exposure, but authoritative vendor mitigation details are not available in the provided content.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Apply Microsoft's June 2026 security update for Windows BitLocker that addresses CVE-2026-45655.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

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No public exploit code observed for this vulnerability.

EXPOSURE SURFACE

Affected products & vendors

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VendorProductType
Microsoft CorporationBitlockerapplication
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1607operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 1809operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 21h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 10 22h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 23h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 24h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 25h2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows 11 26h1operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Bitlockeroperating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2012 R2operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2016operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2019operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2022operating_system
Microsoft CorporationWindows Server 2025operating_system

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

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Threat actor evidence

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Associated malware

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Detection signatures

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Vendor-by-vendor mapping

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Social activity2

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