Articles from February 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in February 2026
CVE-2019-11358: Azure Linux, jQuery Prototype Pollution & Microsoft's Security Response
The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, with vulnerabilities in foundational software libraries posing significant risks to enterprise infrastructure. CVE-2019-11358, a critical prototype...
SQLite CVE-2018-20505: Understanding the DoS Vulnerability and Modern Patch Strategies
A critical denial-of-service vulnerability discovered in SQLite version 3.25.2, tracked as CVE-2018-20505, exposed a fundamental flaw in how the popular embedded database engine handles malformed...
CVE-2023-29403: Critical Go Runtime Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Explained
A critical security vulnerability in the Go programming language runtime has exposed a fundamental flaw in how Go handles Unix setuid/setgid binaries, creating potential privilege escalation vectors...
Jinja2 sandbox escape CVE-2019-10906 allowed code execution in Azure Linux, container images
In April 2019, the cybersecurity landscape was shaken by the discovery of CVE-2019-10906, a critical sandbox escape vulnerability in the popular Jinja2 templating engine that affected numerous...
Microsoft’s New Patent Reveals XR Licensing Strategy After HoloLens Exit
On February 17, 2026, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Microsoft patent number 12,536,692 for a method that precisely aligns video feeds from multiple cameras in extended reality...
Go Toolchain Flaw CVE-2023-29405 Lets Attackers Hijack Builds on Windows, Linux
A critical vulnerability in Go’s build tooling lets attackers run arbitrary code during compilation simply by introducing a malicious module. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-29405, affects any...
Malformed XML Can Crash Your Rust App: Patch xml-rs Now to Block DoS Attacks
On June 1, 2023, the maintainers of the Rust crate xml-rs released version 0.8.14, delivering a critical fix for a denial-of-service vulnerability that allowed attackers to crash practically any...
Microsoft’s Azure Linux Affected by CUPS Printing Bug: What Windows Admins Need to Know
Microsoft’s security team has publicly confirmed that a use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) — the open‑source printing backbone of virtually every Linux...
Microsoft Declares Azure Linux Vulnerable to gRPC Attack, Puts Onus on Customers for Other Products
Microsoft has confirmed that Azure Linux is vulnerable to a denial-of-service flaw in the gRPC library, but its carefully worded advisory stops short of clearing other Microsoft products. The...
Linux Distributions Drop DECnet Networking Support After Kernel Bug Revealed — What It Means for Your Infrastructure
Linux distributions have begun removing the decades-old DECnet networking protocol from their kernels following the disclosure of CVE-2023-3338, a null-pointer dereference vulnerability that can be...
CVE-2023-30589: The llhttp Parser Bug's Impact on Node.js, Azure, and Windows Security
The discovery and remediation of CVE-2023-30589, a critical vulnerability in the llhttp parser used by Node.js, represents a significant case study in modern software supply chain security,...
OpenSC CVE-2023-2977: Critical ASN.1 Parsing Bug Threatens Smart Card Security
A critical vulnerability in OpenSC, the widely used open-source smart card library, has exposed millions of systems to potential exploitation through a subtle ASN.1 parsing bug designated...