Articles from February 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in February 2026
CVE-2026-21508: Critical Hyper-V Storage VSP Vulnerability Threatens Windows Security
Microsoft’s public record for CVE‑2026‑21508 places this as another entry in a familiar—and dangerous—class of Windows kernel vulnerabilities: an elevation‑of‑privilege (EoP) issue tied to the Windows
Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability CVE-2026-21261: Patch Confusion and Security Implications
A surprising muddle in public vulnerability records has left security teams and Excel power users hunting for clarity: the identifier CVE-2026-21261 referenced in some communications does not match an
Six Capabilities to Scale Agentic AI in Enterprises (2026)
Microsoft’s roadmap for scaling “agentic” AI in 2026 is not a manifesto for tinkering — it’s a practical checklist for enterprises that want to move from pilot projects to production-scale digital tea
GitHub Copilot JetBrains RCE Flaw: Patch and Hardening Guide
GitHub’s Copilot integration for JetBrains IDEs has been linked to a high‑severity command‑injection / remote code‑execution class flaw that can allow attacker‑controlled content to become executable
CVE-2026-21514: Patch and Harden Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass
Microsoft’s Security Update Guide has recorded CVE-2026-21514 as a Microsoft Word security feature bypass, and the way Microsoft frames the issue mat
CVE-2026-21525 Local DoS in Windows RasMan via improper link resolution
Microsoft's advisory entry for CVE-2026-21525 confirms a denial‑of‑service weakness in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) that can be triggered by a local, authorized actor manipula
CVE-2026-21537: Why Auto-Provisioning in Defender for Cloud is Critical
Microsoft’s advisory for CVE-2026-21537 demands one simple, urgent operational response from most Azure customers: turn on Defender for Endpoint auto‑provisioning in Defender for Cloud so that Azure c
CVE-2026-21529: Analyzing the Azure HDInsight Spoofing Vulnerability & Security Response
Microsoft has assigned CVE-2026-21529 to a spoofing vulnerability affecting Azure HDInsight, but the public record so far is limited to a vendor acknowledgement and a terse Update Guide entry — leavin
CVE-2026-21510: Windows Shell Security Bypass Threat & Defender Protection Guide
Microsoft has cataloged CVE‑2026‑21510 as a Windows Shell — Security Feature Bypass entry in its Security Update Guide, but the public record is deliberately terse: Microsoft’s advisory confirms the v
CVE-2026-21528: Critical Information Disclosure Vulnerability in Azure IoT Explorer
Microsoft has assigned CVE‑2026‑21528 to an information disclosure vulnerability in Azure IoT Explorer — a client tool used to inspect and interact with devices attached to IoT Hubs — but the public a
CVE-2026-21226: Critical Azure Python SDK RCE Vulnerability Explained
Microsoft’s public tracking and ecosystem signals identify the remote code execution (RCE) risk in the Azure SDK for Python as CVE‑2026‑21226 — a deserialization vulnerability in the azure‑core shared
CVE-2026-21527: Critical Exchange Spoofing Vulnerability Demands Immediate Patching
Microsoft has cataloged CVE-2026-21527 as a Microsoft Exchange Server spoofing vulnerability in its Security Update Guide, but the public technical detail remains limited — a situation that demands ur