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Microsoft released an emergency, out‑of‑band update on October 23, 2025 to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) that allows unauthenticated attackers to execute code as SYSTEM. The bug — tracked as CVE‑2025‑59287 and carrying a CVSS v3.1...

Microsoft has released emergency fixes for a severe ASP.NET Core vulnerability — a Kestrel HTTP request‑smuggling/security‑feature bypass tracked as CVE‑2025‑55315 and flagged with a near‑maximum CVSS v3.1 score of 9.9 — and developers and operators are being urged to patch immediately, assess...

Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2025-59260 as a local information‑disclosure vulnerability in the Microsoft Failover Cluster virtual driver that can write sensitive cluster state into log files or otherwise expose privileged configuration data to low‑privileged local actors, and Microsoft has...

Microsoft has confirmed and patched CVE-2025-58734 — an Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) vulnerability that can be leveraged for local remote code execution and elevation of privilege in specific hosting contexts, and administrators must treat it as a high-priority fix for exposed and...

Microsoft’s October security rollup includes a newly cataloged Windows Kernel elevation‑of‑privilege tracked as CVE‑2025‑59187, a confirmed local flaw that Microsoft classifies as improper input validation and that carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High) — administrators should treat this...

Microsoft has recorded CVE-2025-55699 as a Windows Kernel information‑disclosure vulnerability and published a security update on October 14, 2025 that Microsoft says fixes an issue where an authorized local actor can disclose sensitive kernel memory under certain conditions — administrators...

Microsoft has confirmed a Windows BitLocker security feature bypass tracked as CVE-2025-55332, and the advisory — backed by third‑party aggregators — describes an issue that allows an attacker with physical access to influence BitLocker’s boot or recovery decision logic and bypass protections...

Windows 10 will stop receiving free security fixes on October 14, 2025 — and if your PC can’t take the free Windows 11 upgrade, you have five realistic paths forward: enroll in Extended Security Updates (ESU), buy or rent a new Windows 11 PC (including cloud PCs), perform an unsupported upgrade...

Short answer up front — I can write the 2,000+ word WindowsForum.com feature you asked for, but I need one quick clarification before I start: I can't find any public record for CVE‑2025‑59220. Public trackers and vendor records instead show multiple Windows “Bluetooth Service”...

A newly disclosed race‑condition vulnerability in the Windows Capability Access Management Service (camsvc) can be abused by a local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM on unpatched hosts, and organizations should treat the advisory as a high‑priority patching event for affected Windows...

Microsoft’s advisory identifies CVE-2025-53803 as a Windows Kernel memory information disclosure vulnerability: an error message generated by kernel code can contain sensitive kernel memory contents, allowing an authenticated local actor to read data that should remain protected. Background The...

A newly disclosed Microsoft Excel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-54902 is an out‑of‑bounds read flaw in Excel’s file‑parsing logic that Microsoft warns could allow an attacker to achieve code execution on a targeted machine when a user opens a specially crafted spreadsheet, and organizations...

A newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Windows' Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) can allow remote attackers to execute code against unpatched RRAS hosts — administrators must treat any RRAS-enabled servers exposed to untrusted networks as high-priority for patching, isolation, and...

Microsoft’s advisory identifies a vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) that can be triggered locally to escalate privileges — described on the vendor page as a buffer overflow in the WinSock ancillary driver — and administrators must treat this as a...

Microsoft has confirmed CVE-2025-53798 — an information-disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) — and released a vendor update; administrators who run RRAS must treat exposed RRAS endpoints as high-priority to remediate or isolate until patches are...

A recently republished U.S. federal advisory warns that Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Activation Manager contains a cryptographic implementation flaw that can be exploited remotely to decrypt or tamper with activation and management traffic — an issue assigned CVE‑2025‑7970 and rated with a...

Microsoft has acknowledged a compatibility regression introduced by the August 12, 2025 cumulative Windows updates that can cause unexpected User Account Control (UAC) elevation prompts and MSI Error 1730 failures for non‑administrator users when applications trigger Windows Installer (MSI)...

Google's Chromium team has fixed a medium-severity UI spoofing flaw—tracked as CVE-2025-9865—that existed in the browser's Toolbar implementation and could allow domain spoofing on Android when a user performed specific UI gestures on crafted pages. Background Chromium's September 2025 security...

Windows Server 2016 has reached a pivotal point in its lifecycle: mainstream support ended years ago and extended support will stop on January 12, 2027, leaving systems that remain on the platform exposed to unpatched vulnerabilities, compliance gaps, and growing compatibility problems. This...

A recently disclosed memory-safety flaw in Chromium’s Aura windowing component — tracked as CVE-2025-8882 — allows a remote attacker who can trick a user into specific UI gestures to trigger a use‑after‑free that may lead to heap corruption; the bug was patched upstream in Google Chrome...