HIGH: Microsoft Ships Mitigation for YellowKey BitLocker Bypass Zero-Day (CVE-2026-45585)
Microsoft published mitigation guidance for CVE-2026-45585, the YellowKey BitLocker bypass zero-day publicly disclosed by researcher Chaotic Eclipse last week. The flaw lives in the FsTx Auto Recovery Utility inside Windows Recovery Environment and lets anyone with physical access and a USB stick spawn an unrestricted shell with the BitLocker-protected volume already mounted. Windows 11 24H2, 25H2, 26H1 and Windows Server 2025 are affected.