Zero Days Lurk in Microsoft's Overgrown October Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released a record-shattering October Patch Tuesday update addressing ,1407 CVEs, surpassing the 2020 record. The massive security update includes three zero-day vulnerabilities, with CVE-2026-96951 already exploited in the wild. This specific flaw bypasses Mark of the Web protections in Windows Shell, marking the third such exploited flaw in Windows Shell this year. The update also covers security bypasses and unauthenticated RCEs, though the delayed release time caused some frustration for system administrators.