Articles from February 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in February 2026
CVE-2025-3416: Critical Rust OpenSSL Flaw Impacts Azure Linux & Microsoft's SBOM Response
A critical vulnerability in the Rust OpenSSL library, designated CVE-2025-3416, has sent ripples through the cloud security landscape, with Microsoft confirming its Azure Linux distribution is...
Azure Linux Kernel Race Condition Exposes Systems—And Microsoft’s Patch Advisory Has a Catch
Microsoft has confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution carries a critical kernel-level vulnerability (CVE-2025-23133) that could let local attackers corrupt memory and potentially escalate...
Patch Azure Linux Now, But Don't Stop There: CVE-2024-58093's Hidden Reach
Microsoft has confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution contains the open-source component affected by CVE-2024-58093, a Linux kernel bug that can trigger use-after-free crashes during PCIe...
CVE-2025-22104: Why Microsoft’s Attestation for a Linux Kernel Bug Leaves Gaps You Need to Close
On April 16, 2025, Microsoft updated its security advisory for CVE-2025-22104, a high-severity flaw in the Linux kernel’s IBM virtual network driver. The bug, an out-of-bounds read, can leak kernel...
Critical SQLite Flaw Hits Microsoft’s Azure Linux: Patch Now to Prevent Exploits
Microsoft’s Security Response Center (MSRC) has updated its advisory for CVE-2025-29087, a high-severity vulnerability in SQLite that could allow attackers to corrupt heap memory and potentially...
Critical PHP Flaw CVE-2024-11235: What Windows Admins Must Do Now
The PHP project quietly shipped a high-severity fix for a memory corruption bug in its March 2025 updates, and Windows administrators running PHP 8.3 or 8.4 need to act fast. CVE-2024-11235—a...
Critical Linux Kernel Flaw Exposes Azure Linux and Possibly WSL — Patch Now
Linux maintainers have pushed a fix for a serious use-after-free vulnerability in the kernel’s MD (Multiple Devices) subsystem that could allow local users to crash systems or escalate privileges....
Microsoft Confirms Azure Linux Affected by Kernel Bug CVE-2025-22072—But Your Other Systems Might Not Be Safe Yet
Microsoft has confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution is potentially affected by CVE-2025-22072, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s SPU filesystem. The advisory, published on the Microsoft...
CVE-2025-38575: Why Azure Linux Users Aren’t the Only Ones Who Need to Patch This Kernel Bug
Microsoft has publicly confirmed that Azure Linux is affected by a kernel vulnerability that could expose cryptographic secrets, but the careful wording of its advisory leaves security teams with...
CVE-2025-22064: Microsoft Confirms Azure Linux Hit, but Don’t Assume Other Products Are Safe
Microsoft has publicly confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution contains the vulnerable netfilter/nf_tables library implicated in CVE-2025-22064, a kernel-level defect that could lead to serious...
CVE-2025-22058: Microsoft Confirms Azure Linux Impact, but Silence on WSL2 Worries Admins
Microsoft has officially acknowledged that its Azure Linux distribution contains a vulnerable open-source library affected by CVE-2025-22058, a Linux kernel flaw that can corrupt UDP memory...
CVE-2025-22025: Why Azure Linux Users Must Patch Their Kernels Immediately
Microsoft has confirmed that Azure Linux kernels are affected by CVE-2025-22025, a memory leak in the Linux NFS server that can be exploited to crash systems or degrade performance over time. The...