CISA added two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog based on evidence of active exploitation: CVE-2026-96951, a command injection flaw in Microsoft Windows, and CVE-2026-104935, an authentication bypass by spoofing in Ivanti Connect Secure. CISA describes these vulnerability types as a frequent attack vecto…
Microsoft released updates fixing more than 1,400 vulnerabilities in Windows and other software, far above September's record of nearly 1,000 fixes. Only one flaw is a confirmed zero-day exploited in the wild: CVE-2026-96951, a security feature bypass in Windows Shell affecting Windows 10, Windows 11 and some Windows Server versions. At l…
Microsoft released fixes for a record 1,411 CVEs in its October 2026 Patch Tuesday on October 13, more than the roughly 1,100 issued in all of 2025 and above the records set in July and September. The surge is attributed to Microsoft's use of AI-driven vulnerability discovery, including its multi-model agentic scanning harness (MDASH). Th…
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 1,407 CVEs across 301 products and components, the largest release on record for the second consecutive month. 69 are rated critical, 1,337 important and 1 low. Two zero-days are fixed: CVE-2026-96951, a Windows Shell security feature bypass exploited in the wild, and CVE-2026-108398, a .NE…
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday is a record release of roughly 1,415 new CVEs, the first four-digit volume ever, larger than any previous full year of Microsoft patches. Only one flaw is under active attack: CVE-2026-96951, a Windows Shell security feature bypass that evades Mark of the Web (MotW) protections. Two others are public…
CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1314 reports multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and related components, covered by Microsoft's October 13, 2026 security bulletins (ADV260001 and dozens of CVEs). Some of them allow remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, remote denial of service, security policy bypass and compro…
CERT-FR advisory CERTFR-2026-AVI-1312 covers a large set of vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, fixed in Microsoft's 13 October 2026 security updates. Exploitation can lead to remote arbitrary code execution, privilege escalation, security policy bypass and loss of data confidentiality. Microsoft states that CVE-2026-96951 is being activ…