{"id":3178,"date":"2026-05-18T12:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/zero-day-exploit-against-windows-bitlocker\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:04:46","slug":"zero-day-exploit-against-windows-bitlocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/zero-day-exploit-against-windows-bitlocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Zero-Day Exploit Against Windows BitLocker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/security\/2026\/05\/zero-day-exploit-completely-defeats-default-windows-11-bitlocker-protections\/\">nasty<\/a>, but it requires physical access to the computer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The exploit, named YellowKey, was <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Nightmare-Eclipse\/YellowKey\">published<\/a> earlier this week by a researcher who goes by the alias Nightmare-Eclipse. It reliably bypasses default Windows 11 deployments of BitLocker, the full-volume encryption protection Microsoft provides to make disk contents off-limits to anyone without the decryption key, which is stored in a secured piece of hardware known as a trusted platform module (TPM). BitLocker is a mandatory protection for many organizations, including those that contract with governments.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Slashdot <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.slashdot.org\/story\/26\/05\/14\/0554201\/mystery-microsoft-bug-leaker-keeps-the-zero-days-coming\">thread<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Nightmare-Eclipse\">here\u2019s<\/a> Nightmare-Eclipse\u2019s GitHub account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s nasty, but it requires physical access to the computer: The exploit, named YellowKey, was published earlier this week by a researcher who goes by the alias Nightmare-Eclipse. 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