MICROSOFT PATCH REPORTS AUGUST

This release consists of 421 Microsoft CVEs:

Product Family	Updates per Product/Version	Vulnerabilities Addressed	Distinct Updates	Type of Update
Azure	1	17	15	Individual
Defender	1	1	1	Cumulative
Developer Tools	1	26	36	Cumulative
Exchange Server	1	7	4	Cumulative
Office	1	98	11	Cumulative (except 2016)
Office 2016	1	98	18	Individual
Other	1	6	4	Individual
SharePoint Server	1	30	3	Cumulative
Windows	1	236	32	Cumulative

Notable CVEs

CVE ID	Title	Notable Item
CVE-2026-62832	Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability	Publicly Known
CVE-2026-68820	Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability	Exploitation Detected

We are republishing 2 non-Microsoft CVEs:

CNA	Tag	CVE	FAQs?	Workarounds?	Mitigations?
MITRE	Windows TPM	CVE-2026-6726	Yes	No	No
MITRE	Windows TPM	CVE-2026-6727	Yes	No	No

Security Update Guide Blog Posts

Date	Blog Post
October 31, 2025	You asked, we delivered: Introducing new features for an improved security experience
October 28, 2025	Understanding CVE-2025-55315: What CISOs, security engineers, and sysadmins should know
October 22, 2025	Toward greater transparency: Introducing machine-readable Vulnerability Exploitability Xchange (VEX) for Azure Linux and beyond
November 12, 2024	Toward greater transparency: Publishing machine-readable CSAF files
June 27, 2024	Toward greater transparency: Unveiling Cloud Service CVEs
April 9, 2024	Toward greater transparency: Security Update Guide now shares CWEs for CVEs
January 6, 2023	Publishing CBL-Mariner CVEs on the Security Update Guide CVRF API
January 11, 2022	Coming Soon: New Security Update Guide Notification System
February 9, 2021	Continuing to Listen: Good News about the Security Update Guide API
January 13, 2021	Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners
December 8, 2020	Security Update Guide: Let’s keep the conversation going
November 9, 2020	Vulnerability Descriptions in the New Version of the Security Update Guide

Relevant Resources

The new Hotpatching feature is now generally available. Please see Hotpatching feature for Windows Server Azure Edition virtual machines (VMs) for more information.

Windows 10 and Windows 11 updates are cumulative. The monthly security release includes all security fixes for vulnerabilities that affect Windows 10 and Windows 11, in addition to non-security updates. The updates are available via the Microsoft Update Catalog. For information on lifecycle and support dates for Windows 10 and Windows 11 operating systems, please see Windows Lifecycle Facts Sheet.

Microsoft is improving Windows Release Notes. For more information, please see What's next for Windows release notes.

A list of the latest servicing stack updates for each operating system can be found in ADV990001. This list will be updated whenever a new servicing stack update is released. It is important to install the latest servicing stack update.

In addition to security changes for the vulnerabilities, updates include defense-in-depth updates to help improve security-related features.

Customers running Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 need to purchase the Extended Security Update to continue receiving security updates. See 4522133 for more information.

Known Issues

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