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 April 2026
172 of them published on Patch Tuesday (Tue, 14 Apr 2026), the rest added during the month. The month also contains 507 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)
Windows Shell Spoofing Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5099538 KB5099540 KB5099539 KB5099536 · MSRC
Publicly disclosed beforehand
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
System Center and Defender · MSRC
Critical vulnerabilities (23)
Microsoft Bing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Apps · MSRC
Azure AI Foundry Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Azure Databricks Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft Bing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Apps · MSRC
Microsoft Entra ID Entitlement Management Spoofing Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Azure IoT Central Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Windows Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Show 15 more
Microsoft Partner Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Azure Custom Locations Resource Provider (RP) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft Dynamics 365 (online) Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Dynamics · MSRC
Microsoft 365 Copilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Apps · MSRC
Azure MCP Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Azure SRE Agent Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Azure · MSRC
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office · MSRC
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Office · MSRC
Windows TCP/IP Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Microsoft Power Apps Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Dynamics · MSRC
Windows Active Directory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082063 KB5082060 · MSRC
.NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability
Developer tools (.NET, Visual Studio …) · KB5082411 KB5082403 KB5082404 KB5082414 · MSRC
Exploitation more likely according to Microsoft
Windows Shell Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Windows COM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Windows Search Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Microsoft Management Console Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Show 10 more
Windows BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082060 KB5082198 KB5082142 · MSRC
Remote Desktop Spoofing Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5083768 KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 · MSRC
Windows TDI Translation Driver (tdx.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5083768 KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 · MSRC
Windows TDI Translation Driver (tdx.sys) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5083768 KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 · MSRC
Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5083768 KB5082142 KB5082123 KB5082200 · MSRC
Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082063 · MSRC
Windows Function Discovery Service (fdwsd.dll) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5083768 KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 · MSRC
UEFI Secure Boot Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 KB5082198 · MSRC
Windows Kernel Memory Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5083768 KB5082123 KB5082142 KB5082200 · MSRC
Windows Hello Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Windows, Windows ESU (Extended Security Updates) · KB5082200 KB5083769 KB5082052 KB5083768 · MSRC
Show all 181 CVEs of this month
History of the last 24 months
- Critical
- High
- Medium
- Low
- 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.
Affected? We can help.
We check whether your systems are affected, install updates and close the gap – continuously with the System Health Checker if you wish.
