Articles from July 15, 2026
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Windows 11 Finally Patches the 500GB Storage Drain: What You Need to Do Now
The July 2026 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11, KB5101650, contains a fix for a database logging bug that has been silently consuming up to 500GB of drive space on some PCs since early this year....
Microsoft Ships Patch for UDF Driver Flaw That Allows Attackers to Escalate Privileges on Windows
Microsoft has fixed a high-severity elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Universal Disk Format (UDF) file system driver. The patch, released on July 14, 2026 as part of the month’s...
Patch Now: NTFS Bug in Windows July Updates Could Give Attackers Full Control
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft shipped its monthly security patches, and embedded in the rollout is a fix for a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the NTFS file system—the default file system...
Windows Servers Exposed: Unauthenticated HTTP/2 Attacks Fixed in July 14 Update
A remotely exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability in the Windows HTTP/2 protocol stack received an emergency fix on July 14, 2026, as part of Microsoft’s monthly security update. The flaw,...
Patch Now: Unauthenticated Attackers Can Crash Windows Servers via HTTP.sys Flaw
Microsoft released its July 2026 security updates on July 14, and among the dozens of fixes is a vulnerability that deserves immediate attention from anyone running a Windows web server. Tracked as...
Microsoft Closes Secure Boot Security Gap—Patches for All Windows Versions Out Now
Microsoft fixed a vulnerability in Windows Secure Boot on July 14, 2026 that could allow an attacker with local access to bypass the very mechanism designed to keep malware out of the boot process....
Windows Clipboard Flaw Can Turn Limited Access Into Full System Control—Patch Now
Microsoft released security updates on July 14, 2026, addressing a high-severity vulnerability in Windows Clipboard Server that could allow a locally authenticated attacker with low privileges to...
Microsoft Patches NTFS Heap Overflow Flaw (CVE-2026-49184) That Enables Code Execution Without User Interaction
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft released a security update fixing a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows NTFS file system that could allow attackers to execute code locally without any privileges or...
Windows DHCP Client Flaw Earns 7.5 CVSS Score, Patched Across Six Server Generations
Microsoft released its July 14, 2026 security updates on Tuesday, and one bulletin in particular should catch the eye of every Windows Server administrator: CVE-2026-49181, a network-exploitable...
Windows 11 July Patch KB5101650 Seals UPnP Library from Local File Abuse
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft released a security update that fixes a vulnerability in the Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) service — a component normally associated with automatic device...
Patch Your Domain Controllers Now: Microsoft Fixes Active Directory RCE That Can Hijack Entire Networks
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft released a security update for a critical vulnerability in Windows Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) that could allow a remote attacker to take over a domain...
High-Severity DoS Vulnerability in ASP.NET OData Requires Immediate NuGet Update (CVE-2026-45646)
On July 14, 2026, Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-45646, a high-severity denial-of-service vulnerability in ASP.NET OData packages that can be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker. The flaw...