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Patch Tuesday August 2026: 1 Zero-Day, 109 Critical Fixes Among 790 CVEs
Microsoft's August 2026 security update addresses 790 vulnerabilities: 109 rated Critical, 396 Important. 1 is already exploited in the wild and 2 were publicly disclosed before today.
This month's headline is a single actively exploited zero-day: CVE-2026-68820, a use-after-free EoP in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock, already confirmed in KEV. It's the one CVE in this 790-fix batch you cannot leave for next week. Beyond that, the release is heavy on volume — 109 critical an...
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