patch-management

Microsoft’s security advisory for CVE-2025-54094 identifies a type‑confusion flaw in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that can be triggered by an authorized local actor to perform a local Elevation of Privilege (EoP) — in short, an attacker with the ability to run code as a non‑privileged...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide records CVE-2025-54104 as an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service caused by an “access of resource using incompatible type (‘type confusion’)” — in short, a type‑confusion bug in a privileged service that an authorized...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53808 as an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in the Windows Defender Firewall Service that stems from an “access of resource using incompatible type” (commonly called type confusion), and the vendor warns that a locally authorized attacker...

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A newly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — tracked as CVE-2025-53806 in the Microsoft Security Response Center entry provided by the reporter — is an out‑of‑bounds read / buffer over‑read that can allow an attacker to obtain memory contents from an...

Microsoft’s advisory that an improper authentication vulnerability in Windows NTLM can let an authenticated actor elevate privileges over the network is the latest warning flag in a year already crowded with NTLM-related incidents and active exploitation chains. The vendor entry the user...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE-2025-54903, a use‑after‑free vulnerability in Microsoft Excel that can lead to local code execution when a victim opens a specially crafted spreadsheet — a document‑based remote code execution (RCE) risk that should be treated as high priority for both...

Microsoft’s security tracker now lists CVE-2025-54899 as a memory-safety flaw in Microsoft Excel that can lead to local code execution when a crafted spreadsheet is opened — an entry that joins a steady stream of Excel parsing bugs that remain a favored initial-access vector for attackers...

A use‑after‑free vulnerability in the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (CDPSvc) has been cataloged by Microsoft as an elevation‑of‑privilege issue that can let an authorized, local attacker escalate to SYSTEM, and administrators should treat it as a high‑priority patching item while...

Microsoft’s Security Response Center lists CVE-2025-54095 as an out-of-bounds read in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can disclose memory contents to a remote attacker over the network. Background / Overview Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) is a long‑standing...

Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Optix has a newly publicized vulnerability that demands immediate attention from OT and IT teams: a lack of URI sanitization in the product’s embedded MQTT broker allows remote loading of Mosquitto plugins and can lead to remote code execution (RCE), affecting...

Microsoft says the recent reports that a Windows 11 cumulative update “bricked” consumer SSDs are not supported by its telemetry and lab findings, and vendor testing so far has failed to reproduce a fleet‑level failure tied to the August servicing wave tracked as KB5063878. Background The story...

Chrome’s September security update closes a high-severity use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine — tracked as CVE-2025-9864 — that could allow an attacker to corrupt memory and potentially achieve remote code execution through a crafted web page, and administrators of...

Microsoft has quietly put a new tool on the 2026 roadmap that promises to change how IT teams manage quality updates for Windows on corporate PCs: Windows Quality Update management policies in Microsoft Intune will let administrators approve and roll out individual quality updates — including...

CISA’s KEV catalog grew again this week with the addition of two high‑risk router flaws tied to active exploitation, underscoring an uncomfortable reality for IT teams: inexpensive consumer and small‑office routers remain a prime target for adversaries and can pose outsized risk to enterprise...

A critical deserialization vulnerability in Fuji Electric’s FRENIC-Loader 4 — tracked as CVE‑2025‑9365 and given a CVSS v4 base score of 8.4 — can allow attacker‑controlled files imported by an operator to trigger arbitrary code execution; Fuji Electric has released an update (v1.4.0.1 or later)...

Microsoft and Phison have pushed back hard against a wave of social-media claims that the latest Windows 11 cumulative update is “bricking” NVMe SSDs — but the episode exposes a brittle edge case in modern storage stacks, a gap between telemetry and forensic proof, and practical steps every...

Microsoft’s patch for the long‑standing .NET Framework issue that broke apps using Active Directory Forest Trust information has surfaced again in reporting, but the story is more nuanced than a three‑year “finally fixed” narrative — the .NET/System.DirectoryServices regression was identified in...

Windows 11’s next annual feature update is now moving from staged preview into its final validation ring: Microsoft has made Windows 11, version 25H2 available to Release Preview Insiders and commercial customers for targeted testing, delivered as an enablement package on top of the 24H2...

Microsoft released KB5065848 on August 29, 2025 — a targeted Out‑of‑Box Experience (OOBE) update for Windows 11, version 24H2 and Windows Server 2025 — that changes how device provisioning and enrollment behave during first‑time setup and supplies updated management/enrollment components used...