Using a desktop powered by Windows? Then you should know that the government of India has released a high security warning for you. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity), has issued an advisory for all Windows users stating that Windows may have a severe vulnerability. Users are asked to update their devices immediately.

The organization has been alerted of a security flaw that could harm Windows Defender, the programme that protects Windows from viruses, malware, and other threats, in some versions of Microsoft Windows.

Experts from CERT-In and Microsoft claim that the current situation is one of the high-level security emergencies issued in a long time. It is also highlighted that because of the high degree of vulnerability, hackers may be able to access a computer without being detected by security measures. It has been noted that the Windows Defender’s Credential Guard component has a bug, as a result, that enables a locally authenticated attacker to go around security measures and acquire elevated access to the targeted system.