security updates

Microsoft has issued an out‑of‑band Windows 10 update, KB5071959, to repair a bug that was preventing eligible consumer PCs from enrolling in the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — a timely fix that restores the update path for machines that otherwise could not receive November’s critical...

Microsoft has released KB5068781 — the first cumulative security rollup for Windows 10 distributed through the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — advancing 22H2 systems to Build 19045.6575 and delivering a targeted set of security and servicing fixes for ESU‑enrolled devices. This update...

Microsoft has shipped the November 2025 security rollup and an urgent out‑of‑band (OOB) patch that fixes a bug which prevented some Windows 10 PCs from enrolling in the consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — a release that also closes an actively exploited Windows kernel zero‑day and...

Microsoft has quietly shipped an out‑of‑band (OOB) update — KB5071959 — that repairs a broken enrollment wizard preventing some Windows 10 consumer PCs from joining the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, restoring the ability for eligible devices to receive post‑end‑of‑support security...

Chromium’s CVE-2025-12726 — labelled “Inappropriate implementation in Views” — appears in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide because Microsoft Edge (Chromium‑based) consumes upstream Chromium code, and the Security Update Guide entry is the downstream, vendor‑specific signal that Edge builds have...

Chromium’s CVE-2025-12727 — described as an “inappropriate implementation in V8” — appears in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide because Microsoft Edge (the Chromium‑based browser) consumes upstream Chromium code; the Security Update Guide entry tells Edge customers whether the Edge release they...

Microsoft has shipped November’s Patch Tuesday for Windows 11: the combined monthly cumulative for the current servicing baselines arrives as KB5068861 for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, and Microsoft’s Release Preview channel received the focused preview package KB5067112 for 23H2 —...

Microsoft has published an advisory for CVE‑2025‑60721, a high‑severity elevation‑of‑privilege flaw that targets the new Windows Administrator Protection elevation flow and can let a local, authenticated attacker obtain administrative‑equivalent privileges by abusing a privilege context...

Microsoft’s public advisories list CVE-2025-60713 as a genuine, high‑priority vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that can allow a local, low‑privileged user to elevate to higher privileges through an untrusted pointer dereference in RRAS — administrators must...

Microsoft has published a security update addressing CVE-2025-62452, a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that Microsoft describes as allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems reachable over the network — administrators...

Microsoft’s one‑year lifeline for Windows 10 — the Consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) program — is now rolling out to eligible PCs, and the enrollment process is deliberately simple: open Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and click “Enroll now,” then choose whether to link your...

Microsoft’s Exchange Team has confirmed that there are no security updates for any version of Exchange Server in November 2025, including Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) and Exchange Server 2016/2019 instances covered by the one‑time Extended Security Update (ESU) program; the team...

Chromium’s CVE-2025-12728 appears in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide because Microsoft Edge (the Chromium-based Edge) consumes upstream Chromium code, and the Security Update Guide serves as Microsoft’s authoritative downstream signal that an Edge build has ingested the Chromium fix and is no...

Microsoft’s consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) rollout for Windows 10 promised a one‑year safety net after official support ended, but a growing wave of opaque registration failures has left many eligible PCs unable to claim protection — and in some cases actively misclassified as...

Microsoft’s deadline drama for Windows 10 users has just entered a new, urgent phase: the free consumer Extended Security Updates (ESU) enrollment and the first post‑retirement Patch Tuesday together create a narrow window where machines that haven’t moved to Windows 11 or enrolled in ESU could...

Chromium’s CVE-2025-12725 — an out‑of‑bounds write reachable via WebGPU — appears in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide because Microsoft Edge (the Chromium‑based Edge) consumes the upstream Chromium open‑source engine; Microsoft uses the Security Update Guide to record upstream Chromium CVEs...

Microsoft Teams — one of the world’s most widely used collaboration platforms — was shown to contain a set of trust‑breaking flaws that could let attackers impersonate executives, spoof notifications, rewrite chat history silently, and even forge caller identities in voice/video calls; Check...

Microsoft lists CVE‑2025‑12439 because the bug lives in the Chromium open‑source engine that Microsoft Edge (Chromium‑based) consumes; the Security Update Guide (SUG) entry is Microsoft’s downstream signal that an Edge build has ingested the upstream Chromium fix and is therefore no longer...

Chromium’s recent CVE entry for an “inappropriate implementation in Extensions” (CVE-2025-12431) appears in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide not because Microsoft authored the defect, but because Microsoft Edge (Chromium‑based) consumes Chromium upstream code — the Security Update Guide entry...

Chromium‑assigned vulnerabilities like CVE‑2025‑12036 show up in Microsoft’s Security Update Guide because Microsoft Edge (Chromium‑based) consumes upstream Chromium code — the Security Update Guide is Microsoft’s way of telling Edge users which Edge builds have ingested the Chromium fix and are...