Patch Tuesday Update – April 2025

In total, including third-party CVEs, in this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft published 134 CVEs, including 9 republished CVEs. Overall, Microsoft announced one Zero-Day, 11 Critical, and 113 Important vulnerabilities. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 39%, followed by Remote Code Execution (RCE) at 28% and ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – March 2025

In total, including third-party CVEs, in this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft published 57 CVEs, and republished 10 additional CVEs, including 6 Zero-Day, 6 Critical, and 50 Important—with 6 Zero-Days actively exploited in the wild. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 46%, followed by Remote Code ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – February 2025

In total, including third-party CVEs, in this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft published 67 CVEs, including 4 Zero-Day, 3 Critical, and 53 Important—with 2 Zero-Days actively exploited in the wild. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 21%, followed by Remote Code Execution (RCE) at 29% and ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – January 2025

In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 159 CVEs, including 8 Zero-Day, 10 Criticals, 147 Important — with 3 Zero-Days actively exploited in the wild and 5 others publicly disclosed. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 39%, followed by Remote Code Execution (RCE) at 36% ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – December 2024

In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 72 CVEs, including 1 Zero-Day, 16 Criticals, 54 Important and 1 Moderate—the one Zero-Day was found to be actively exploited in the wild. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 23%, followed by Remote Code Execution (RCE) at 38% ... Read More

Surviving the Weekly CVE Review Gauntlet

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Every week, IT and security teams gather – be it in a virtual conference room or a cramped huddle space – prepared to spend an hour or two wincing at massive lists of “Critical” and “High” severity vulnerabilities. The vulnerability management tools have done their job, dutifully regurgitating every fresh ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – October 2024

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In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 117 CVEs, including 5 Zero-Days, 3 Criticals, 113 Important and 1 Moderate. Two of the 5 Zero-Days are actively exploited in the wild. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 23%, followed by Remote Code Execution (RCE) at 38% ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – September 2024

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In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 79 CVEs, including 4 Zero-Days, 7 Criticals, 71 Important and 1 Moderate. Out of the 4 Zero-Days, 3 are actively exploited in the wild. From an Impact perspective, Escalation of Privilege (EoP) vulnerabilities accounted for 38%, followed by Remote Code Execution (RCE) at ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – August 2024

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In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 101 CVEs, 89 Microsoft CVEs and 12 non-Microsoft CVEs. Seven are Critical, and 77 are Important. Ten are zero-days, with six exploited in the wild. Patches cover Windows DNS, Secure Boot, Kernel, Security Center, Smart Screen, App Installer, Scripting and Office components. From ... Read More

Patch Tuesday Update – June 2024

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In this Patch Tuesday edition, Microsoft addressed 49 CVEs across its entire portfolio of products. One was marked Critical and 48 Important. No zero-days and none of them exploited in the wild. If we include the third-party CVEs documented by Microsoft, the total CVE count rises to 51. Patches cover ... Read More