Articles from July 17, 2026
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CVE-2026-15711: How a Linux Library Bug Can Crash Your Windows Services
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How a Heap Bug in libsoup Can Crash Your WSL Apps – and What Windows Admins Must Do
On July 14, 2026, Red Hat disclosed a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in the libsoup networking library that can crash applications handling HTTP/2 traffic. CVE-2026-15712 affects versions 3.0...
Windows PCs Face a Linux-Sized Security Hole: What to Know About CVE-2026-15714
On July 14, 2026, Red Hat published CVE-2026-15714, an out-of-bounds read flaw in the libsoup HTTP library’s multipart response processing. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can craft a malicious...
Red Hat Flags libsoup HTTP/2 Memory Leak That Can Crash Apps—No Patch Yet
Red Hat has published a new vulnerability, CVE-2026-15713, that exposes applications using the libsoup library to a remote-triggered denial of service. The flaw, disclosed on July 14, 2026, allows a...
WSL 2 Kernel Lags Behind Critical Linux IPv4 Out-of-Bounds Write Fix
On July 16, 2026, the National Vulnerability Database published CVE-2026-53366, detailing an out-of-bounds write flaw in the Linux kernel's IPv4 networking stack. The fix landed upstream weeks ago,...
Windows Server 2022 Mainstream Support Ends in 3 Months: Here’s Your Upgrade Playbook
Microsoft has set a date: October 13, 2026, is the day Windows Server 2022 exits mainstream support, shifting to five years of security-only updates, as first reported by Windows Report. The clock is...
How a Windows language change can lock you out—and the simple fix most users miss
You’ve just switched your Windows display language from English to French. The menus and settings now show “Démarrer” and “Paramètres,” but when you lock your PC and return, something is...
Microsoft Is Ending Azure Machine Learning Data Import in 2026: What You Must Do Now
Microsoft has set a hard date for the retirement of a critical data import feature in Azure Machine Learning: September 30, 2026. Come that day, any existing Data Import or Data Connection workloads...
Power BI Copilot Just Learned to Build Reports from Scratch — Here's Who Can Actually Use It
Microsoft has expanded Copilot in Power BI with the ability to create entire report pages, write DAX queries, and document data models using natural language, according to a detailed analysis by...
Windows 11's July Update Revamps System Recovery and Bluetooth, but Blocks These Dell PCs
Microsoft shipped its July 2026 Patch Tuesday update, KB5101650, on July 14, delivering a massive security fix bundle alongside a new full-system recovery tool and long-awaited Bluetooth reliability...
Nadella Calls Out Claude Fable 5's Unpredictable Safeguards — Why Enterprise AI Demands More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has publicly criticized Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 for behaving more like a censored publication than a productivity tool, calling its unpredictable refusals...
Microsoft Sets 2026 Deadline for Power BI Q&A—Here's What Copilot Does Instead
Microsoft will retire the natural-language Q&A feature in Power BI by December 2026, pushing users toward its Copilot successor, according to an advisory confirmed by the company. That gives...