Microsoft Patch Tuesday
What Microsoft fixes on the second Tuesday of every month – straight from the official Security Update Guide: number of vulnerabilities, critical and already exploited ones (zero-days), affected products and the history of the last 24 months.
Patch Tuesday March 2026
83 of them published on Patch Tuesday (Tue, 10 Mar 2026), the rest added during the month. The month also contains 366 CVEs from other issuers that Microsoft ships in its own products (e.g. Chromium in Edge, Linux in Azure Linux) – they are not counted here. Microsoft Security Update Guide
Already exploited (zero-days)
Microsoft reports no exploited vulnerability this month.
Publicly disclosed beforehand
.NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
Developer tools (.NET, Visual Studio …) · KB5081276 KB5081278 · MSRC
Critical vulnerabilities (19)
Azure Cloud Shell Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft Devices Pricing Program Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Other · MSRC
Microsoft Bing Images Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Browser (Edge) · MSRC
Microsoft Bing Images Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Browser (Edge) · MSRC
Azure DevOps: msazure Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Azure Data Factory Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Payment Orchestrator Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Other · MSRC
Microsoft Purview Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Office · MSRC
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Microsoft Purview Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Office · MSRC
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office · KB5002850 KB5002851 KB5002843 KB5002845 · MSRC
Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Microsoft Office · MSRC
Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft Bing Tampering Vulnerability
Apps · MSRC
Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft Copilot Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Other · MSRC
M365 Copilot Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Apps · MSRC
Microsoft Exchange Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Server software (Exchange, SharePoint …) · MSRC
Exploitation more likely according to Microsoft
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5079466 KB5078752 KB5078766 KB5078737 · MSRC
Windows Accessibility Infrastructure (ATBroker.exe) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5078752 KB5078766 KB5078737 KB5078885 · MSRC
Windows SMB Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5078752 KB5078766 KB5078737 KB5078885 · MSRC
Winlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5078752 KB5078766 KB5078737 KB5078885 · MSRC
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5078766 KB5078737 KB5078885 KB5078740 · MSRC
Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5078752 KB5078766 KB5078737 KB5078885 · MSRC
Show all 97 CVEs of this month
History of the last 24 months
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- exploited (zero-day)
Number of Microsoft CVEs per Patch Tuesday by severity; the red dot shows the number of vulnerabilities already exploited. Click a month for the details.
| Month | CVE | Critical | Exploited (zero-day) | Publicly disclosed | Highest CVSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 1,475 | 94 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 |
| September 2026 | 998 | 131 | 2 | 0 | 10.0 |
| August 2026 | 457 | 84 | 1 | 3 | 10.0 |
| July 2026 | 663 | 75 | 3 | 1 | 10.0 |
| June 2026 | 220 | 49 | 0 | 4 | 10.0 |
| May 2026 | 162 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 10.0 |
| April 2026 | 181 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 10.0 |
| March 2026 | 97 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 10.0 |
| February 2026 | 61 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9.8 |
| January 2026 | 124 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 9.9 |
| December 2025 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 10.0 |
| November 2025 | 71 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 |
| October 2025 | 180 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 10.0 |
| September 2025 | 94 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| August 2025 | 116 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 10.0 |
| July 2025 | 137 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9.9 |
| June 2025 | 72 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 9.8 |
| May 2025 | 80 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 10.0 |
| April 2025 | 132 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 9.9 |
| March 2025 | 65 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 9.3 |
| February 2025 | 66 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9.0 |
| January 2025 | 165 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 9.9 |
| December 2024 | 75 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9.8 |
| November 2024 | 97 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 9.9 |
Sources
The tracker combines official, freely usable data sources – updated continuously:
- NVD (NIST) – CVEs, rating (CVSS), affected products
- CISA KEV – vulnerabilities confirmed by CISA as actively exploited
- CISA Vulnrichment – CISA assessment (SSVC) in the official CVE record
- FIRST EPSS – probability of exploitation
- Microsoft MSRC – Patch Tuesday: vulnerabilities, severity, updates
- PoC-in-GitHub – public proof-of-concept repositories
- Metasploit (Rapid7) – modules of the Metasploit Framework
- Exploit-DB (OffSec) – archive of public exploits (links only)
- Patch days: official vendor pages (linked per vendor) (Vendor patch days)
This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS data © FIRST.org.
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