GoKawiilToday is Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday, and with it comes security updates for a massive 400 flaws, including one actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities.
Patch Tuesday addresses 42 "Critical" vulnerabilities, 37 of which are remote code execution and 5 are elevation of privilege.
The approximate number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
176 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
11 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
110 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
86 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
12 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
21 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
When BleepingComputer reports on Patch Tuesday security updates, we only count those released by Microsoft today.
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