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Microsoft Patches Windows 11 Local Account Bypass Loophole

ID: 99f0f17c-d810-50ac-b435-2979437ad5b5

STIX ID: report--99f0f17c-d810-50ac-b435-2979437ad5b5

Feed Name: securityonline.info

Threat Score
25/100

Date Published: 2026-10-12

Date Updated: 2026-10-12

Author: Do Son

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The article reports an inadvertent Windows 11 OOBE vulnerability that allowed users to bypass enforced online account sign-in by using the "Learn more" link to reach local account creation; Microsoft silently remediated the issue through a server-side change and issued no public notice, while users can still create offline installs using tools like Rufus.

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