Microsoft drops an actively exploited zero-day among record high of 1,413 vulnerabilities

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Summary by Cyber Security News14 Oct 2026, 19:42 CEST

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Microsoft’s streak of record-breaking vulnerability disclosures continued with a mega Patch Tuesday, containing 1,413 defects affecting the company’s various enterprise products and services. The monthly batch of patches surpassed the company’s previous annual record of 1,261 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) set in 2020.

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