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Oracle Critical Security Patch Update, September 2026 Review

Oracle's September 2026 Critical Patch Update fixes 673 vulnerabilities, including 104 critical, with many remotely exploitable in E-Business Suite and Fusion Middleware.

Oracle released 673 security patches in its September 2026 Critical Patch Update: 104 rated critical, 503 high, and 59 medium. Oracle E-Business Suite received the most patches (159, 24% of total), with 19 exploitable without credentials including CVE-2026-83327, CVE-2026-83452, and CVE-2026-83462 at CVSS 9.8. Fusion Middleware received 153 patches with 78 remotely exploitable without authentication, and 41 patches address third-party open-source component flaws. Qualys published detection QIDs for vulnerable assets.

Oracle Critical Patch Update, August 2026 Security Update Review

Oracle's August 2026 Critical Patch Update fixes 943 vulnerabilities; Oracle Fusion Middleware and Hyperion received the most patches at 262.

Oracle released its August 2026 Critical Patch Update, addressing 943 security vulnerabilities across multiple product families, including third-party components bundled in Oracle products. Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Hyperion received the highest number of fixes with 262 patches. Several of the addressed vulnerabilities impact more than one product.

Qualys ThreatPROTECT · 28d agoAdvisory2

Microsoft Confirms Remote Desktop Services Might Stop Working Following Sept. 2026 Security Update

Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday updates (KB5124008) can break Remote Desktop Services, causing RDP failures and freezes across Windows clients and servers.

Microsoft confirmed its September 2026 security updates, including KB5124008 for Windows 11 24H2/25H2, introduced a reliability regression where RDP connections fail after several minutes and servers hang at the 'Please wait for the Remote Desktop Configuration' screen. MMC, RDS Licensing Diagnoser, File Explorer, and the Windows Update settings page may also stop responding. The issue affects Windows 10/11 clients and Windows Server 2012 through 2025; Microsoft marked it Mitigated on September 11 and is developing a permanent fix, with VM restart offered as a temporary workaround.

Cyber Security News · 2d agoAdvisory

Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5122878 extended security update

Microsoft shipped Windows 10 ESU update KB5122878, delivering the record September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes, including patches for two actively exploited zero-days.

Microsoft released KB5122878 for Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC and ESU customers, moving builds 19045/19044 to .7725 with security and bug fixes. The update carries this month's record September 2026 Patch Tuesday set, which fixed 966 Microsoft vulnerabilities including two actively exploited zero-day flaws. It also fixes BitLocker recovery-key prompts and Remote Desktop audio redirection, and updates Secure Boot certificate rollout and Morocco time zone data. Microsoft reports no known issues with the update.

BleepingComputer · 8d agoAdvisory in the wild

Apple Releases iOS 27 Security Update to Fix Over 120 Vulnerabilities

Apple released iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 patching roughly 126 vulnerabilities across kernel, WebKit, sandboxing, and authentication components; no active exploitation reported.

Apple released iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 on September 14, 2026, fixing approximately 126 vulnerabilities across more than 90 components, including the kernel, WebKit, AppleKeyStore, Sandbox, and TCC. Flaws include memory corruption, information disclosure, denial-of-service, logic errors, sandbox escapes enabling root privileges, and a Bluetooth issue permitting remote code execution in specific circumstances. Apple also shipped iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7 with over 80 fixes for users delaying the major upgrade, including 75 vulnerabilities shared with iOS 27. No vulnerabilities were reported as actively exploited at release time.

GBHackers · 14h agoAdvisory

Oracle Critical Security Update – 673 Vulnerabilities Patched Across Product Families

Oracle's September 2026 Critical Patch Update ships 673 patches across 17 product families, including 100+ critical and 240+ remotely exploitable flaws.

Oracle's September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update ships 673 patches covering 672 unique CVEs, with more than 130 additional CVEs resolved through bundled fixes, pushing the effective total past 800. Over 100 flaws are critical severity and more than 240 are remotely exploitable without authentication. Oracle E-Business Suite received 159 fixes, Fusion Middleware 153 (78 unauthenticated and network-exploitable), and Hyperion 102. No in-the-wild exploitation of these specific flaws is reported, but Oracle cites CISA's earlier 72-hour remediation order for actively exploited CVE-2026-21962 (CVSS 10.0).

Cyber Security Newsupdated · 32m agofirst · 6h agoAdvisory 3 sourcesCVE-2026-21962

Android Security Update September 2026 – Fix for Critical Flaws that Enable RCE Attacks

Google's September 2026 Android bulletin fixes over 30 critical flaws, including no-interaction system RCEs, a TIPC kernel RCE and a Qualcomm closed-source bug

Google's Android Security Bulletin for September 2026 (patch levels 2026-09-01 and 2026-09-05) fixes numerous critical System remote code execution flaws, including CVE-2026-28604, CVE-2026-28618, CVE-2026-28639, CVE-2026-28662, CVE-2026-49882, CVE-2026-49884, CVE-2026-49919 and CVE-2026-49921, none requiring user interaction or additional privileges. It also addresses critical kernel issues including a TIPC RCE (CVE-2026-52993) and elevation-of-privilege flaws in NFC and protected KVM, plus a critical Qualcomm closed-source component flaw (CVE-2026-25289). Affected versions span Android 14 through 17; the 2026-09-05 patch level extends coverage to Android TV and chipset components, with high-severity fixes for Arm Mali, PowerVR, MediaTek, Unisoc and Qualcomm components.

Samsung mobile security advisory (AV26-919)

Canadian Cyber Centre relays Samsung's September 2026 mobile security update (SMR-SEP-2026) fixing multiple vulnerabilities; users urged to apply patches.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued advisory AV26-919 on September 14, 2026, relaying Samsung's September 8, 2026 security update for Samsung mobile devices. The update covers versions prior to SMR-SEP-2026 and resolves multiple identified vulnerabilities. Users and administrators are encouraged to review the Samsung bulletin and apply the necessary update.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 2d agoAdvisory

August updates trigger 0xc0000409 errors on Windows Server 2016

Microsoft says the August 2026 security update causes recurring CompatTelRunner.exe 0xc0000409 crashes on Windows Server 2016 with Compatibility Appraiser enabled; no functional impact.

Microsoft confirmed a known issue in which the August 2026 Windows security update generates recurring Application Error events (Event ID 1000, exception code 0xc0000409) in CompatTelRunner.exe on Windows Server 2016. The issue affects physical and virtual machines, including VMware and Azure environments, and per Microsoft does not affect device functionality. A permanent fix is planned for a future update, and the event log entries can be dismissed temporarily.

BleepingComputer · 8d agoAdvisory

Oracle August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update Addresses 925 CVEs

Oracle's August 2026 CSPU fixes 925 CVEs across 943 patches, including 154 critical fixes; Fusion Middleware gets 262 patches.

Oracle released its August 2026 Critical Security Patch Update on August 18, addressing 925 unique CVEs with 943 security updates. 154 issues (16.3%) carry a critical severity rating. Oracle Fusion Middleware received the most patches at 262, accounting for 27.8% of the total. Oracle introduced the monthly CSPU cycle in May 2026 as an interim release between quarterly Critical Patch Updates.

Tenable Blog · 28d agoAdvisory

The September 2026 Security Update Review

ZDI's September 2026 Microsoft update review lists two already-exploited Windows EoP zero-days and dozens of critical RCEs across Office, SQL Server, and Windows services.

The review catalogs Microsoft's September 2026 fixes, marking CVE-2026-85880 (Windows ALPC) and CVE-2026-81963 (Windows Update Stack) as already exploited elevation-of-privilege issues. It also lists critical RCE flaws in Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SQL Server, Windows DNS, DHCP and Failover Cluster, plus graphics component RCEs. Azure-side fixes include Entra ID, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Language and Azure AD B2C elevation-of-privilege flaws.

Microsoft Confirms KB5002914 Update Breaks Copy and Paste on Excel

Microsoft confirms KB5002914 Excel security update silently breaks copy-paste in Excel 2016-2024, forcing admins to choose between usability and security fixes.

Microsoft added a known issue to KB5002914, the September 8, 2026 Excel security update, where paste, autofill, and formula dragging fail silently with no error in Excel 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2024. The update addresses remote code execution and information disclosure flaws including CVE-2026-81399, CVE-2026-81390, and CVE-2026-81954. No hotfix date has been published as of September 15, 2026; the only widely confirmed recovery is uninstalling or rolling back KB5002914, which drops the month's Excel security fixes.

Microsoft releases emergency Windows updates to fix RDS failures

Microsoft released emergency out-of-band Windows updates fixing Remote Desktop Services failures and Hyper-V issues caused by September 2026 security patches.

Microsoft issued out-of-band updates on September 14, 2026 to fix Remote Desktop Services instability introduced by the September security updates, which caused RDP connection and sign-in failures and unresponsive servers. Updates include KB5129194 (Windows 11 26H1), KB5129195 (Windows 11 24H2/25H2), KB5129236 (Windows 10), KB5129235 (Windows Server 2025), and KB5129237 (Windows Server 2022). The Windows 11 updates also fix a Hyper-V Plan9 shared folder issue and some USB Audio Class 1.0 multichannel problems, though remaining USB audio issues await a fix. Admins had previously used Group Policy mitigations or uninstalled the security updates, which removed security protections.

BleepingComputerupdated · 1d agofirst · 1d agoAdvisory 3 sources1

Dell security advisory (AV26-863)

Dell issued firmware and AppSync security updates for PowerEdge Intel-processor servers (DSA-2026-356, DSA-2026-165); Cyber Centre urges administrators to apply them.

Dell advisories DSA-2026-356 and DSA-2026-165 cover vulnerabilities in Dell PowerEdge server firmware for Intel processors across multiple versions and models, and in Dell AppSync versions up to and including 4.6.0.4 and 4.6.1.0. Canada's Cyber Centre republished the notice (AV26-863) urging users and administrators to review the provided links and apply necessary updates. No exploitation or severity details were included in the bulletin.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 16d agoAdvisory

Android’s September 2026 Updates Patch 180 Vulnerabilities

Google's September 2026 Android security updates patch 180 vulnerabilities including critical Wi-Fi memory corruption flaw CVE-2026-28662.

Google released September 2026 Android security updates addressing 180 vulnerabilities across two patch levels. The 2026-09-01 level fixes 95 bugs including 23 critical System component flaws enabling RCE, EoP, and DoS. The 2026-09-05 level addresses 85 additional defects in kernel and vendor components including a Wi-Fi memory corruption flaw (CVE-2026-28662) enabling remote code execution without privileges or user interaction.

SecurityWeek · 7d agoAdvisoryCVE-2026-28662

Debian 13.7 ships the fixes behind 92 security advisories, updates 106 packages

Debian 13.7 'trixie' point release bundles 92 security advisories and 106 package updates, including kernel, glibc, u-boot and qemu fixes.

Debian shipped version 13.7 of 'trixie', folding in 92 previously published security advisories and corrections to 106 source packages, including six Linux kernel advisories (DSA-6381, DSA-6393, DSA-6405, DSA-6415, DSA-6466, DSA-6477). glibc fixes a buffer overflow (CVE-2026-5928) and buffer underflow (CVE-2026-5450), with 17 packages rebuilt against the updated library; qemu carries 25 CVEs including a secure boot bypass (CVE-2026-16288), imagemagick 24, wolfssl 15 and perl 13. Boot-chain fixes include a u-boot FIT image verification bypass (CVE-2026-46728), a BOOTP/DHCP buffer overread (CVE-2024-42040), and corrected intermediate certificate verification in sbsigntool. The installer was rebuilt with kernel ABI 6.12.107+deb13, and existing systems receive the fixes through normal package mirror updates.

Siemens Reyrolle 7SR5

CISA advisory covers 14 vulnerabilities, CVSS 9.8, in Siemens Reyrolle 7SR5 energy-sector protection relays before V2.70.

CISA advisory ICSA-26-258-05 covers 14 vulnerabilities in Siemens Reyrolle 7SR5 protection relays before V2.70, used in the energy sector worldwide, with aggregate CVSS v3 of 9.8. Flaws include Cesanta Mongoose web server issues (CVE-2024-42384 through CVE-2024-42392) and new bugs such as web-interface session-ID exposure enabling authentication bypass (CVE-2026-62645, CVSS 9.8), predictable session tokens (CVE-2026-62646, CVE-2026-62647), and pre-auth out-of-bounds writes (CVE-2026-62648). Siemens has released V2.70 and recommends updating to the latest version.

Ivanti security advisory (AV26-897)

Canada's Cyber Centre relayed Ivanti's September 2026 security updates for Endpoint Manager Mobile, Neurons for ITSM, and Sentry, urging administrators to patch.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security forwarded Ivanti's September 2026 security updates covering Endpoint Manager Mobile, Neurons for ITSM (cloud/SaaS and on-prem), and Sentry. Affected releases include Endpoint Manager Mobile prior to 12.10.0.0, Sentry prior to R10.8.2, and Neurons for ITSM on-prem prior to 2026.2. The advisory references CVE-2026-18851 for Endpoint Manager Mobile and CVE-2026-83527 for Sentry, plus multiple CVEs in Neurons for ITSM. No exploitation is described in the advisory text.

Apple security advisory (AV26-930)new

CCCS relays Apple's September 14, 2026 security updates fixing vulnerabilities across iOS 27, macOS Tahoe 26.7, Sequoia 15.8, Safari, and other products.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (AV26-930) notes that as of September 14, 2026, Apple has addressed vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS prior to 27, macOS Golden Gate prior to 27, macOS Tahoe prior to 26.7, macOS Sequoia prior to 15.8, plus tvOS, watchOS, visionOS 27, Safari, and Xcode prior to 27. The bulletin provides no CVE identifiers or exploitation details. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Apple's security releases and apply the updates.

Microsoft: Windows Server 2025 changes causing app crashes

Microsoft warns Windows Server 2025 memory-management changes crash AWE apps, including SQL Server with Lock Pages in Memory; disable LPIM as workaround.

Microsoft confirmed a known issue where Windows Server 2025 memory-management changes cause access violations, memory corruption, or unexpected termination in applications using Address Windowing Extensions (AWE). SQL Server running with the Lock Pages in Memory (LPIM) policy is affected, with symptoms including 0xC0000005 access violations, DBCC CHECKDB failures, crash dumps, and services stopping or restarting unexpectedly. Microsoft's temporary workaround is to disable the LPIM policy for the SQL Server service account or disable AWE in other affected apps, with a permanent fix promised in a future Windows update.

BleepingComputer · 8d agoAdvisory1

USN-8726-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ubuntu issued kernel security update USN-8726-1 fixing an Arm TLB invalidation flaw (CVE-2025-10263) that enables local privilege escalation, plus other kernel fixes.

Ubuntu released USN-8726-1, a security update for the generic Linux kernel. It fixes CVE-2025-10263, where certain Arm processors complete broadcast TLB invalidation before related memory writes are globally observed, potentially letting local attackers bypass memory protections or escalate privileges. The update also addresses additional kernel flaws in ARM64, ARM32, RISC-V, S390 and other subsystems.

Ubuntu Security Noticesupdated · 9d agofirst · 9d agoAdvisory 6 sourcesCVE-2025-10263

Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2026 Fixed a Zero

Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 398 CVEs, including an actively exploited WinSock zero-day CVE-2026-68820 and wormable DNS RCE CVE-2026-62878.

Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 398 CVEs across Windows, Office, Azure, Exchange Server, SharePoint, Teams, .NET and other products, with 62 rated Critical. The actively exploited CVE-2026-68820 is a use-after-free in the Windows WinSock afd.sys driver that can yield SYSTEM privileges via a race condition. CVE-2026-62878 is a critical, wormable stack buffer overflow in Windows DNS Server allowing unauthenticated, remote code execution without user interaction. Other notable fixes include WDS TFTP RCE CVE-2026-62893, a QUIC flaw affecting roughly 13.5 million sites (CVE-2026-62815), an Exchange authentication bypass EoP demonstrated at Pwn2Own Berlin (CVE-2026-62911), and two TPM 2.0 reference implementation fixes.

Security Affairs · Aug 12, 2026Advisory in the wildCVE-2026-68820CVE-2026-62878CVE-2026-62893+5 CVEs

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 · 8d agoAdvisory in the wildCVE-2026-69805CVE-2026-58649CVE-2026-69806+27 CVEs1

Microsoft security advisory – September 2026 monthly rollup (AV26-896) – Update 1

Canada's Cyber Centre relays Microsoft's September 2026 rollup; CISA added exploited zero-days CVE-2026-85880 and CVE-2026-81963 to KEV.

Advisory AV26-896 from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security summarizes Microsoft's September 2026 monthly security rollup, listing affected products across Windows, Office, .NET, Azure, Exchange and SQL Server. It notes Microsoft confirmed CVE-2026-81963 and CVE-2026-85880 have been exploited. On September 8, 2026, CISA added both CVEs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and administrators are urged to apply the updates.

Vulnerability & Patch Roundup — August 2026

Sucuri's monthly roundup compiles August 2026 security patches for the WordPress ecosystem to help site owners prioritize updates against automated exploitation.

Sucuri published its August 2026 Vulnerability & Patch Roundup summarizing essential security updates across the WordPress ecosystem. The post notes that most breaches the company observes begin with automated attacks exploiting previously disclosed vulnerabilities. It urges website operators to apply the listed plugin and theme patches promptly to avoid compromise and costly remediation. No specific CVE identifiers are named in the announcement.

Sucuri Blog · 15d agoAdvisory

[Control Systems] National Instruments security advisory (AV26-914)

Canada's Cyber Centre relayed a National Instruments advisory covering improper access control and cleartext sensitive-information flaws in NI SystemLink and SystemLink Server.

Advisory AV26-914, dated September 11, 2026, notes that NI SystemLink and SystemLink Server prior to or equal to 2026 Q3 Patch 1 are affected by improper access controls and storage of sensitive information in cleartext. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security urges users and administrators to review the vendor's links and apply available security updates.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 5d agoAdvisory2

Cisco Crosswork Security Hardening Release: August 2026

Cisco released an August 2026 Crosswork security hardening update addressing multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities, grouped by CWE class with one CVE per grouping.

Cisco's Crosswork engineering team completed a comprehensive internal security review and shipped a hardening release fixing multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The issues were found during internal testing, are grouped by CWE class, and each grouping received a single CVE ID. Cisco states these vulnerabilities are not known to be actively exploited.

Cisco Security Advisories · 26d agoAdvisory

[Control Systems] National Instruments security advisory (AV26-856)

Canada's Cyber Centre relayed National Instruments advisories for memory corruption, out-of-bounds read, and out-of-bounds write flaws in LabVIEW versions.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security published control systems advisory AV26-856 covering National Instruments LabVIEW. Affected versions include releases before 23.0.0, 23.3.10, 24.3.7, 25.3.5, and 26.3.1. The flaws include memory corruption, an integer conversion out-of-bounds read, and an integer overflow out-of-bounds write. Users and administrators are urged to review the links and apply NI security updates.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security · 19d agoAdvisory