Articles from February 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in February 2026
ClamAV Logging Bug Can Corrupt System Files—Patch Now, Especially Azure Linux Users
A logging flaw in the widely used ClamAV antivirus engine can be exploited to corrupt system files, and the fix, while simple, hasn't reached every vulnerable system. The vulnerability, tracked as...
When a PDF Can Crash Your Antivirus: Patching the ClamAV Bug Microsoft Flagged
A single malicious PDF file can crash the ClamAV antivirus scanner, opening a window for malware to slip through undetected. That’s the warning from Microsoft’s security response team, which...
Microsoft Confirms Azure Linux Hit by Kernel Bug—But WSL2 and AKS May Also Be at Risk
Microsoft’s Security Response Center has issued a blunt advisory: Azure Linux ships with the cachefiles subsystem vulnerable to CVE-2024-46748, a local kernel flaw that can cause system crashes or...
Azure Linux Vulnerable to Btrfs Kernel Bug CVE-2024-46733 — Steps to Secure Your Systems
Microsoft has published a security advisory confirming that its Azure Linux distribution is potentially affected by CVE-2024-46733, a vulnerability in the Btrfs filesystem’s quota group (qgroup)...
CVE-2024-46729: Azure Linux AMD DRM Vulnerability Analysis & Patch Guide
Microsoft's recent security advisory regarding CVE-2024-46729 has raised significant concerns among Azure Linux users and security professionals. The vulnerability, which affects the AMD Display Core...
CVE-2024-34155: Go Parser Vulnerability Threatens Azure Linux & Supply Chains
A critical vulnerability in Go's standard library has exposed countless applications and cloud infrastructure to denial-of-service attacks, with Microsoft's Azure Linux distribution among the...
Go 1.22.5 Patches CVE-2024-34158 Stack Exhaustion Bug in Build Parser
A critical vulnerability in the Go programming language's standard library has been disclosed, posing significant risks to software supply chains and development pipelines worldwide. Tracked as...
CVE-2024-34156: Critical Go Gob Decoder DoS Vulnerability Explained
A critical denial-of-service vulnerability in Go's standard library, tracked as CVE-2024-34156, has been discovered that allows attackers to reliably crash any Go application that decodes untrusted...
CVE-2024-6119 OpenSSL Vulnerability: Impact on Azure Linux & Microsoft's Ecosystem
A critical vulnerability in the OpenSSL cryptographic library, designated CVE-2024-6119, has sent ripples through the cloud security community, raising urgent questions about patch management and...
CVE-2024-46677: Critical Azure Linux Kernel GTP Vulnerability Explained
Microsoft has disclosed a significant security vulnerability affecting Azure Linux deployments, identified as CVE-2024-46677, which targets the Linux kernel's GTP (GPRS Tunneling Protocol)...
CVE-2024-46673: Linux Kernel Vulnerability Impacts Azure Linux & Windows Security
A seemingly minor Linux kernel vulnerability has revealed significant implications for cloud security infrastructure, particularly affecting Microsoft's Azure ecosystem and Windows Server...
CVE-2024-45590: Critical Body-Parser Vulnerability Threatens Node.js Applications
A high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability has been discovered in the widely used body-parser middleware for Node.js applications, designated as CVE-2024-45590. This security flaw affects...