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Multiple espionage-motivated threat activity clusters have been found deploying a previously undocumented exploit kit called BlueMoon that chains together multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Google Chrome. The first in-the-wild use of BlueMoon has been attributed to the China-aligned state-sponsored group tracked as APT31 (aka Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, JungleBamboo,

Microsoft on Tuesday broke Patch Tuesday records by addressing an earth-shattering 974 vulnerabilities spanning its software portfolio, including two flaws that it said have been actively exploited in the wild. These include 723 flaws in Windows, 111 in Office and Office 2016, 62 in SQL, and 22 in Developer Tools. Of these, over 110 shortcomings have been assigned a critical severity rating.

Microsoft is adding new age-awareness APIs to Windows 11 that will allow apps to determine whether someone is a child, teenager, or adult without exposing their exact date of birth.

Microsoft Corp. today issued updates to plug at least 974 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, by far its biggest single patch batch ever. Microsoft says artificial intelligence is helping to speed the discovery of vulnerabilities, but security experts warn that many organizations already are struggling to prioritize the more human-intensive endeavor of testing and deploying so many fixes each month.

Microsoft is publishing 974 own-product vulnerabilities on September 2026 Patch Tuesday , including 723 vulnerabilities in Windows. Along with Microsoft fixes for 25 non-Microsoft CVEs, that brings the total number of vulnerabilities on the table today to 999. Whether this is the biggest Patch Tuesday ever depends on how we count, but this is by far the most CVEs that Microsoft has ever published in a single day. As Rapid7 noted last month, there is no reason to suppose that Patch Tuesday will ever return to the lower volumes we saw prior to 2026. Microsoft is aware of exploitation in the wild for two of the vulnerabilities published today. Windows ALPC: zero-day EoP The eternal game of elevation of privilege whack-a-mole between Microsoft and attackers continues. This month, the battle is centered on the Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (ALPC) mechanism, a kernel capability that facilitates inter-process communication. Microsoft is aware of exploitation in the wild already. Successful abuse of the flaw underlying CVE-2026-85880 grants an attacker SYSTEM via a buffer overflow that enables an out-of-bounds write, and as we all know by now, this is exactly what would happen duri

This month, Microsoft released patches for a record-breaking 973 vulnerabilities, including 113 rated critical. It is by far the largest Patch Tuesday to date, well ahead of the previous high of 664 set in July 2026. Two vulnerabilities are listed as exploited in the wild, while none were publicly disclosed before Patch Tuesday. Notable fixes include Windows privilege escalation and critical RCEs in Skype for Business, MSMQ and RRAS.

Serial Number: AV26-896 Date: September 8, 2026 As of September 8, 2026, Microsoft is affected by vulnerabilities in the following products: .NET 10.0 installed on Linux .NET 10.0 installed on Mac OS .NET 10.0 installed on Windows .NET 11.0 installed on Linux .NET 11.0 installed on Mac OS .NET 11.0 installed on Windows .NET 8.0 installed on Linux .NET 8.0 installed on Mac OS .NET 8.0 installed on Windows .NET 9.0 installed on Linux .NET 9.0 installed on Mac OS .NET 9.0 installed on Windows ASP.NET Core 10.0 ASP.NET Core 11.0 ASP.NET Core 8.0 ASP.NET Core 9.0 Azure AI Language Authoring Azure Arc SQL Server Extension Azure Cosmos DB Azure CycleCloud Azure HDInsight HEIF Image Extension HEVC Video Extensions HEVC Video Extensions for Licensed Applications HEVC Video Extensions from Device Manufacturer Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.7.2 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8.1 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.1 Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Microsoft Access 2016 Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL) Microsoft Authen

Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5122878 extended security update, which includes this month's record-breaking September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes, along with a few bug fixes.

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5124008 and KB5122880 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities, bugs, and add new features.

Microsoft says the August 2026 security update may trigger 0xc0000409 errors on Windows Server 2016 systems where the Compatibility Appraiser diagnostic service is enabled.