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

Of the fixed vulnerabilities: 176 are elevation of privilege vulnerabilities, 11 are Security Feature Bypass vulnerabilities, 110 are remote code execution vulnerabilities, 86 are information disclosure vulnerabilities, 12 are denial of service vulnerabilities and 21 are Spoofing Vulnerabilities.

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

• CVE-2026-68820 - Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability;
• CVE-2026-62832 - Windows User Profile Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability;
• CVE-2026-72971 - Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver (unionfs.sys) Tampering Vulnerability.

More information on vulnerabilities and updates is available in the Microsoft’s August 2026 Security Updates page – microsoft.com.

Source: bleepingcomputer.com