Articles from 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in 2026
Microsoft Patches Critical CVE-2026-23674 MapUrlToZone Bypass in March 2026 Security Updates
Microsoft has released a critical security patch addressing CVE-2026-23674, a MapUrlToZone security feature bypass vulnerability affecting Windows systems. The fix is included in the March 2026...
CVE-2026-26127: Critical DoS Vulnerability in .NET 9.0 and 10.0 Requires Immediate Patching
Microsoft has disclosed a critical denial-of-service vulnerability in .NET 9.0 and 10.0 that can crash applications by triggering an out-of-bounds read in the runtime. Tracked as CVE-2026-26127, this...
Microsoft Office integer overflow bug CVE-2026-26134 grants SYSTEM access in March 2026 Patch Tuesday
Microsoft's March 10, 2026 Patch Tuesday security update introduced CVE-2026-26134, a critical local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office applications. The vulnerability,...
CVE-2026-26132: Windows Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability Requires Immediate Patch Tuesday Attention
Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2026-26132 as a critical Windows Kernel use-after-free vulnerability that allows authorized local users to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. The security flaw,...
Microsoft's High Confidence Database powers phased Secure Boot certificate updates across billions of Windows devices.
Microsoft has detailed its High Confidence Database (HCDB), a critical component enabling large-scale Secure Boot certificate rotations across the Windows ecosystem. This database-driven approach...
Microsoft Patches Critical .NET 10 Linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2026-26131
Microsoft released a security patch on March 10, 2026 addressing CVE-2026-26131, a critical elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in .NET 10 for Linux systems. The flaw stems from incorrect default...
CVE-2026-26128: Critical Windows SMB Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Analysis
Microsoft has cataloged CVE-2026-26128 as an elevation-of-privilege defect in the Windows SMB Server that allows an authorized (local) attacker to escalate privileges on affected systems. This...
Senate Authorizes Generative AI for Legislative Work with Strict Microsoft Copilot Guidelines
The United States Senate has officially authorized staff to use generative AI tools for legislative work, marking a significant shift in how Congress approaches technology. A memorandum from the...
CVE-2026-26116: Critical SQL Server Elevation-of-Privilege Vulnerability Patched in March 2026 Updates
Microsoft released a critical security advisory on March 10, 2026 addressing CVE-2026-26116, an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability affecting multiple SQL Server versions. This SQL injection-class...
Senate AI Policy Restricts Copilot, ChatGPT to Limited Research Only
The U.S. Senate has not approved ChatGPT, Gemini, or Microsoft Copilot for government operations. Recent headlines suggesting otherwise have misrepresented a careful, conditional policy that...
SQL Server CVE-2026-26115: Microsoft Issues Critical Security Patch for Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft has released coordinated security updates addressing CVE-2026-26115, a newly disclosed elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting all supported versions of Microsoft SQL Server. The...
CVE-2026-26121: Critical SSRF Vulnerability in Azure IoT Explorer Demands Immediate Patching
Microsoft has confirmed a server-side request forgery vulnerability in Azure IoT Explorer, tracked as CVE-2026-26121, that could allow attackers to spoof requests and potentially access internal...