Articles from February 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in February 2026
New Linux Kernel Bug CVE-2025-22043 Hits Azure Linux, but Other Microsoft Products May Be Affected Too
Microsoft has confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution is vulnerable to a freshly disclosed kernel flaw tracked as CVE-2025-22043, but the company has not publicly ruled out whether other...
Helm 3.17.3 Closes Critical Decompression Hole—What You Must Do Right Now
A single command—helm install, helm template, even a GitOps controller pulling a chart—can now crash a server or CI runner if it unpacks a rigged chart archive. The vulnerability, tracked as...
Azure Linux Confirmed Exposed to CVE-2025-32052, But Libsoup Vulnerability Could Lurk in More Microsoft Offerings
Microsoft has publicly confirmed that its Azure Linux distribution includes a vulnerable version of the libsoup library, putting virtual machines and container workloads running the cloud-optimized...
CVE-2025-32051: Microsoft plugs libsoup crash bug in Azure Linux
Microsoft has patched a denial-of-service vulnerability in libsoup, the open-source HTTP library used by its Azure Linux distribution, after researchers discovered that a malformed data URI can crash...
Microsoft Flags High-Impact Libsoup Flaw in Azure Linux—Here’s How to Fix It
{ "title": "Microsoft Flags High-Impact Libsoup Flaw in Azure Linux—Here’s How to Fix It", "content": "Microsoft has published a security advisory for a newly registered vulnerability in the...
CVE-2025-31344: The GIF Vulnerability That Can Crash Your Server and How to Fix It
A heap-based buffer overflow in the widely used giflib library—tracked as CVE-2025-31344—can be triggered by a specially crafted GIF file, allowing an attacker to crash the gif2rgb utility or...
Microsoft Flags High-Severity Libsoup Bug in Azure Linux—Patch Immediately
A high-severity memory safety flaw in a widely used Linux networking library has prompted urgent patching across major distributions, and Microsoft has weighed in on the risk for its own Azure Linux...
Azure Linux Gets Kernel Fix for RDMA Flaw That Can Hang VMs
On April 8, 2025, Microsoft published a security advisory for CVE-2025-22010, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s RDMA driver that can cause the operating system to hang. The flaw, rated 5.5 on...
Microsoft’s First CSAF/VEX Attestation Flags Azure Linux Deadlock Bug (CVE-2025-22014)—Here’s How to Check Your Entire Image Catalog
In October 2025, Microsoft disclosed that a newly identified Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-22014, affects its Azure Linux distribution. The advisory, published via Microsoft’s new...
Linux Kernel CVE-2025-21999: ProcFS Use-After-Free Race Vulnerability Explained
A significant security vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel, tracked as CVE-2025-21999, affecting the proc filesystem (procfs) and presenting a use-after-free race condition that...
Linux Kernel Fixes CVE-2025-21993 iBFT IPv6 Shift Bug for Safer iSCSI Boot
A subtle but important fix has been committed to the Linux kernel, addressing a potential undefined behavior issue within the iBFT (iSCSI Boot Firmware Table) sysfs exporter when handling IPv6...
CVE-2025-21991: Critical Linux Kernel Bug in AMD Microcode Loader Explained
A subtle but critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AMD microcode loader has been identified and patched, designated as CVE-2025-21991. This security flaw, which involves an out-of-bounds...