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New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files

The Hacker Newsby @TheHackersNews ()2 min read2 · 1 read
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CVE-2026-45585
Microsoft is aware of a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows publicly referred to as "YellowKey"
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 Ravie Lakshmanan  Jun 11, 2026 Endpoint Security / Vulnerability Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse and MSNightmare) has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass dubbed GreatXML , a day after they published an exploit for Microsoft Defender. "This was an accidental discovery, it took a total of 4 hours to find this," the researcher said in a post on Blogger.

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