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Microsoft Releases Mitigation for YellowKey BitLocker Bypass CVE-2026-45585 Exploit

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​Microsoft on Tuesday released a mitigation for a BitLocker bypass vulnerability named YellowKey following its public disclosure last week.

The zero-day flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-45585, carries a CVSS score of 6.8. It has been described as a BitLocker security feature bypass.

“Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows publicly referred to as ‘YellowKey,'” the Microsoft on Tuesday released a mitigation for a BitLocker bypass vulnerability named YellowKey following its public disclosure last week.

The zero-day flaw, now tracked as CVE-2026-45585, carries a CVSS score of 6.8. It has been described as a BitLocker security feature bypass.

“Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows publicly referred to as ‘YellowKey,'” the  The Hacker News

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