Articles from February 2026
Browse all Windows news articles published in February 2026
CVE-2024-1975: Critical BIND 9 SIG(0) DoS Vulnerability Threatens DNS Infrastructure
A critical vulnerability in the widely deployed BIND 9 DNS software, tracked as CVE-2024-1975, has emerged as a significant threat to internet infrastructure, allowing remote attackers to launch...
CVE-2024-6608 Azure Linux Analysis: Microsoft's Attestation & Security Implications
Microsoft's recent security advisory referencing CVE-2024-6608 in Azure Linux has sparked significant discussion within the cybersecurity community, revealing important nuances about how Microsoft...
Microsoft Flags Azure Linux in Mozilla Memory Bug CVE-2024-6603—Attestation Gaps Leave Other Products Unchecked
Microsoft has publicly confirmed that Azure Linux contains a vulnerable open-source component tied to CVE-2024-6603, a memory corruption bug that originally surfaced in Mozilla’s Firefox and...
CVE-2024-6612: The Firefox DNS leak that Microsoft says affects Azure Linux – and what Windows users must patch
Mozilla’s latest Firefox and Thunderbird updates squash a low-severity but noteworthy information disclosure bug that leaked Content Security Policy (CSP) violation hostnames via DNS prefetch. At...
CVE-2024-40647: Sentry SDK Bug Exposes Secrets—Azure Linux Affected, Wider Scans Needed
Microsoft on Thursday confirmed that Azure Linux images ship a version of the Sentry Python SDK vulnerable to CVE-2024-40647, a bug that inadvertently leaks environment variables—potentially...
AMD Linux Driver Flaw Could Crash Your System—Here’s How to Fix It
A flaw in the Linux kernel’s AMDGPU driver, officially tracked as CVE-2024-42228, could allow a local attacker to crash a system by exploiting an uninitialized variable in the Video Coding Engine...
Microsoft Confirms Azure Linux Impact from CVE-2022-48841 Ice Driver Crash, Says Latest Kernels Safe
Microsoft has acknowledged that CVE-2022-48841, a Linux kernel vulnerability in the Intel ice Ethernet driver, affects its Azure Linux distribution, potentially causing system crashes and...
Linux Wi-Fi crash on resume could hit your Azure Linux VMs — Microsoft urges patches
A subtle memory mismanagement bug in the Linux kernel’s ath12k Wi‑Fi driver can instantly crash a system the moment it wakes from sleep — and Microsoft has now explicitly flagged the...
Microsoft: Azure Linux Hit by Setuptools RCE (CVE-2024-6345), All Python Users Must Upgrade Now
A remote-code-execution vulnerability in setuptools, the foundational Python packaging library, puts millions of systems at risk of takeover when they process untrusted package URLs. Microsoft has...
Linux Kernel XDP Memory Fix CVE-2024-42082: What Windows Users Need to Know
While Windows users might not directly interact with the Linux kernel, the recent CVE-2024-42082 security fix highlights critical principles in modern operating system security that affect everyone...
Azure Linux CVE-2024-42071: Ionic Driver Vulnerability & Microsoft's Patch Response
A subtle but significant Linux kernel vulnerability affecting Microsoft's Azure Linux distribution has been patched after discovery, revealing the complex security challenges facing cloud...
OCFS2 CVE-2024-42077: Critical Linux Filesystem Bug Fixed After Journal Credit Exhaustion Risk
A critical vulnerability in the Oracle Cluster File System 2 (OCFS2) has been patched after researchers discovered a subtle accounting error that could lead to complete system unavailability in Linux...