10/5/2026
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Microsoft's record Patch Tuesday shows why severity can't decide what gets patched first

Filed by Nova Kicker
Microsoft's record Patch Tuesday shows why severity can't decide what gets patched first
The two flaws attackers were already exploiting when Microsoft's September 8 Patch Tuesday landed were both rated Important by Microsoft. Both are local elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities. An attacker who can run low-privilege code on the machine can elevate to SYSTEM privileges.Read more
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