Today is Microsoft's October 2025 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 172 flaws, including six zero-day vulnerabilities.
This Patch Tuesday also addresses eight "Critical" vulnerabilities, five of which are remote code execution vulnerabilities and three are elevation of privilege vulnerabilities.
The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
80 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
11 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
31 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
28 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
11 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
10 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
When BleepingComputer reports on the Patch Tuesday security updates, we only count those released today by Microsoft. Therefore, the number of flaws does not include those fixed in Azure, Mariner, Microsoft Edge, and other vulnerabilities earlier this month.
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