Microsoft Patches Record 974 Flaws, Including Two Exploited Windows Zero-Days
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Admiralty grading (A–F · 1–6)
Source reliability
- A Completely reliable
- B Usually reliable
- C Fairly reliable
- D Not usually reliable
- E Unreliable
- F Cannot be judged
Information credibility
- 1 Confirmed
- 2 Probably true
- 3 Possibly true
- 4 Doubtful
- 5 Improbable
- 6 Cannot be judged
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Key insight
This is a patch roundup aggregating 974 independent CVEs without describing a specific active attack campaign; however, the two actively exploited zero-days require immediate patching to limit exposure.
Description
Microsoft released a record 974 vulnerabilities in this patch cycle, including 723 in Windows, 111 in Office, and 62 in SQL Server. Two flaws (CVE-2026-85880 and CVE-2026-81963) are already being actively exploited in the wild; both enable local privilege escalation for authorized attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges. Over 110 vulnerabilities were classified as critical. Privilege escalation, remote code execution, and information disclosure account for approximately 90% of the total flaws.
Risk score
- cvss base
- 45.00
- kev bonus
- 0.00
- epss bonus
- 0.00
- poc bonus
- 15.00
- raw before weight
- 60.00
- industry weight
- 1.21
- freshness factor
- 1.00
- exploitability factor
- 1.00
- days old
- 0.00
- vendor mismatch penalty
- 0.00
- consensus penalty
- -3.00
Path: operational
Consensus check
The pipeline self-checks before delivery. These rules lowered the score:
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- Consensus penalty:
- −3.0
- Total penalty:
- −3.0