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Description

Protection mechanism failure in Windows BitLocker allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature with a physical attack.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-06-05 | Published 2026-07-14 | Updated 2026-07-14 | Assigner microsoft




MEDIUM: 6.1CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Problem types

CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

Product status

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.9339
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.9020
affected

10.0.19044.0 (custom) before 10.0.19044.7548
affected

10.0.19045.0 (custom) before 10.0.19045.7548
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.8875
affected

10.0.26200.0 (custom) before 10.0.26200.8875
affected

10.0.28000.0 (custom) before 10.0.28000.2525
affected

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.9339
affected

10.0.14393.0 (custom) before 10.0.14393.9339
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.9020
affected

10.0.17763.0 (custom) before 10.0.17763.9020
affected

10.0.20348.0 (custom) before 10.0.20348.5386
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.33158
affected

10.0.26100.0 (custom) before 10.0.26100.33158
affected

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-50661 (Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability) vendor-advisory patch

cve.org (CVE-2026-50661)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-50661)

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