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Microsoft September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 966 flaws, 2 zero-days

Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record 966 flaws, including two Windows zero-days actively exploited to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses a record 966 vulnerabilities, including 105 rated Critical, 81 of them remote code execution bugs. Two zero-days were actively exploited: a Windows Update Stack link-following flaw and a Windows ALPC heap-based buffer overflow, both allowing local elevation to SYSTEM privileges. The ALPC flaw was reported by Volexity and Proofpoint researchers, while the Update Stack flaw was credited to Romain Deperne and the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Centre. Microsoft shared no details on how the flaws were exploited in attacks.

BleepingComputer · 7d agoAdvisory in the wildCVE-2026-69805CVE-2026-58649CVE-2026-69806+27 CVEs1

USN-8732-1: Minetest vulnerability

Ubuntu issued USN-8732-1 fixing a Minetest LuaJIT sandbox escape that let malicious mods execute arbitrary code on servers.

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8732-1 addresses a flaw in Minetest where the Lua sandbox environment was not properly sanitized when using LuaJIT. A malicious mod could escape the sandbox, execute arbitrary code, and gain full file system access on the server. Administrators should update to the patched packages.

Ubuntu Security Notices · 9d agoAdvisory

USN-8571-2: Apache HTTP Server regression

Ubuntu issues USN-8571-2 fixing an Apache HTTP Server regression that prevented startup when HTTP/2 proxying was enabled.

Ubuntu released USN-8571-2 to fix a regression introduced by USN-8571-1 in Apache HTTP Server. The earlier fix was incomplete due to a missing library symbol, causing Apache to fail to start when HTTP/2 proxying was enabled. The original advisory addressed CVE-2026-33007, a memory-handling flaw in mod_authn_socache allowing remote denial of service, and an HTTP response splitting vulnerability affecting multiple modules, credited to Pavel Kohout, Arkadi Vainbrand, Haruki Oyama, Merih Mengisteab, and Dawit Jeong.

Ubuntu Security Noticesupdated · 5d agofirst · 5d agoAdvisory 13 sourcesCVE-2026-33007

HTTP/2 Bomb CVE-2026-49975

Fortinet advisory details CVE-2026-49975, an Apache HTTP Server HTTP/2 flaw enabling denial of service, affecting versions 2.4.17 through 2.4.67.

Fortinet PSIRT advisory FG-IR-26-163, revised 2026-08-19, covers CVE-2026-49975, a memory allocation with excessive size value flaw (HTTP/2 bomb) in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http2, scored CVSSv3 5.8. Malicious HTTP requests can cause a denial of service, and affected versions span Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 through 2.4.67. The advisory text does not state which Fortinet product bundles the affected Apache component or whether exploitation has been observed.

Fortinet PSIRT · Aug 12, 2026AdvisoryCVE-2026-49975