How To Mitigate The Microsoft Windows BitLocker YellowKey USB 0-Day

Following the release of a BitLocker zero-day security bypass by a disgruntled hacker, Microsoft has now offered mitigation advice until a patch is available.
SecurityWeek

Microsoft Rolls Out Mitigations for ‘YellowKey’ BitLocker Bypass

Microsoft has announced mitigations for CVE-2026-45585, a BitLocker bypass triggered via FsTx in Windows Recovery.

YellowKey Tool Bypasses Windows 11 BitLocker Using Only a USB Stick

Nightmare-Eclipse, the researcher known for disclosing three recent Windows Defender exploits, reveals that BitLocker can be defeated with a USB stick.
TechSpot

A security researcher says Microsoft secretly built a backdoor into BitLocker, releases an exploit to prove it

The Epitome of WTF: A researcher known as "Nightmare-Eclipse" recently released YellowKey, a security vulnerability that allegedly enables a full bypass of BitLocker's full-volume encryption. The ...

Zero-day exploit completely defeats default Windows 11 BitLocker protections

A zero-day exploit circulating online allows people with physical access to a Windows 11 system to bypass default BitLocker ...
Guru3D.com

Microsoft Faces New BitLocker Security Concerns With YellowKey

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known online as Nightmare-Eclipse, has disclosed two new Windows zero-day exploits named YellowKey and GreenPlasma. The vulnerabilities target BitLocker ...