LegacyHive Exploit Abuses Windows Profile Loading to Hijack User Registry Hives

LegacyHive is a newly discovered proof-of-concept (PoC) for Windows that exploits profile initialization and offline registry hive manipulation to redirect user-level registry paths, potentially allowing access to resources associated with another account. This technique was published by the Nightmare-Eclipse disclosure actor shortly after Microsoft’s July 2026 Patch Tuesday. Unlike traditional software vulnerabilities, LegacyHive chains legitimate […]

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