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Vulnerabilities in Windows Admin Protection Exploited

Vulnerabilities in Windows Admin Protection Exploited

First seen 28 Jan 2026, 19:09 UTC • •

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ThreatCluster •March 12, 2026 at 13:27 UTC

Microsoft patched multiple vulnerabilities that allowed bypasses of Windows Administrator Protection. Discovered by James Forshaw from Google's Project Zero, these nine vulnerabilities could enable attackers to gain admin privileges on machines with the new feature enabled. Most issues were related to known User Account Control (UAC) flaws.

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