Thursday, 16 July 2026

Microsoft releases July 2026 security updates

Microsoft has released updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software with Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday.

Of the fixed vulnerabilities: 254 are elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, 17 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities, 145 are remote code execution vulnerabilities, 102 are information disclosure vulnerabilities, 35 are denial of service vulnerabilities and 16 - Spoofing Vulnerabilities.

This month's Patch Tuesday also includes fixes for 3 zero-day vulnerabilities:

  • CVE-2026-56155 - Active Directory Federation Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability;

  • CVE-2026-56164 - Microsoft SharePoint Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability;

  • CVE-2026-50661 - Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.

More information on vulnerabilities and updates is available in the Microsoft’s July 2026 security updates page – microsoft.com

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