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#1 BleepingComputer general October 13, 2026 at 19:56 UTC

Microsoft October 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 1,411 flaws, 3 zero-days

By Lawrence Abrams

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Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses a record-breaking 1,411 vulnerabilities, including one actively exploited zero-day and two publicly disclosed zero-days. CVE-2026-96951, a Windows security feature bypass, has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation. This surpasses September's previous record of ~1,000 fixes and dwarfs any prior annual total, demanding immediate prioritization by Windows defenders.

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