Patch Tuesday 2026
The latest Patch Tuesday 2026 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft slips June 2026 Patch Tuesday into Windows 11 25H2 media, build 26200.8655
Microsoft has quietly refreshed the Windows 11 Media Creation Tool, and as of June 2026, anyone downloading the utility to create bootable USB drives or ISOs will receive Windows 11 version 25H2 with...
Microsoft Teams Automatic Location Hits Privacy Walls Against June Patch Tuesday Fixes
Microsoft’s steady march toward hybrid-work innovation is colliding with its monthly security discipline. By mid-2026, Microsoft 365 Places will automatically update a user’s work location in...
June 2026 Patch Tuesday: Wormable 9.8-Rated Windows Kernel Bug Heads 207-CVE Fix Wave
Microsoft has released its June 2026 Patch Tuesday security update package, addressing more than 200 vulnerabilities across the company’s product lineup. The centerpiece is a wormable Windows...
Microsoft Confirms Windows 11 24H2/25H2 Update Failures with Error Codes 0x80073712, 0x800f0993
Microsoft has confirmed a widespread issue where PCs upgraded from certain older Windows versions to Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 cannot install subsequent monthly cumulative updates. The updates fail...
RoguePlanet Zero-Day Exploits Defender for SYSTEM Shell on Patched Windows
Nightmare Eclipse, a security researcher known for probing Microsoft's defenses, dropped a zero-day exploit dubbed RoguePlanet on June 10, 2026—barely 24 hours after Microsoft's June Patch Tuesday....
June 2026 Patch Tuesday Fixes YellowKey BitLocker Bypass and Two More Zero-Day Flaws
Microsoft's June 2026 Patch Tuesday updates landed on June 9, and they pack a punch for anyone who relies on BitLocker to keep Windows drives encrypted. Among the vulnerabilities squashed are three...
June 2026 Windows Update Breaks Custom Folder Icons: desktop.ini Ignored – Here's Why and How to Fix It
Custom folder icons painstakingly crafted with desktop.ini files have vanished without a trace for thousands of Windows users. The culprit: security updates released on or after June 9, 2026, that...
June 2026 Patch Tuesday: Urgent Windows 11/10 Update Fixes Actively Exploited Zero-Days
Microsoft’s June 9, 2026 Patch Tuesday landed with an unmistakable urgency. The release confronts a massive security haul—described by early reports as record-sized—and includes fixes for...
Windows 11 KB5094126 Update Turbocharges Start and Search with Low Latency Boost
Microsoft's June 2026 Windows 11 cumulative update, tracked as KB5094126, brings a notable under-the-hood performance tweak that many users will appreciate instantly: a low latency profile that...
Windows Push Notifications Race Condition Lets Attackers Escalate to SYSTEM
Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday brought a critical security fix for a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications service. Tracked as CVE-2026-42991, the flaw...
CVE-2026-42979: Exploit lets local attackers gain SYSTEM via Windows Push Notification race condition
Microsoft has disclosed a new elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Windows Push Notification service, tracked as CVE-2026-42979. Revealed on June 9, 2026, as part of this month's Patch Tuesday...
Patch Windows Push Notifications Bug Granting SYSTEM Access Now
Microsoft has patched a high-severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Push Notifications service, tracked as CVE-2026-42977. Disclosed on June 9, 2026, as part of the...