Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released its monthly security update for August 2026, which includes 421 vulnerabilities affecting a range of products, including 62 that Microsoft marked as "critical." Microsoft notes that 1 of the vulnerabilities disclosed this month have been exploited in the wild CVE-2026-68820...

CVE-2026-62893

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2026-08-11 18:40:05+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/stackflag.bsky.social/post/3mstbadnmuk25 2026-08-11 19:00:38+00:00| seen| https://www.thezdi.com/blog/2026/8/11/the-august-2026-security-update-review 2026-08-11 20:16:38+00:00| seen|...

CVE-2026-62893

Use after free in Windows Deployment Services allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network...

KB5120242: Windows Server 2022 / Azure Stack HCI 22H2 Security Update (August 2026)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5120242 or hotpatch 5120229. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - Use after free in Microsoft QUIC allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. CVE-2026-62815 - Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows DNS...

KB5120385: Windows Server 2012 R2 Security Update (August 2026)

The remote Windows host is missing security update 5120385. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities - Stack-based buffer overflow in Windows DNS allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network. CVE-2026-62878 - Use after free in Windows Deployment Services allows an...