Patch Tuesday 2025
The latest Patch Tuesday 2025 coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Patch your Xbox: CVE-2025-53768 lets attackers hijack Windows SYSTEM access
Microsoft has confirmed a critical local elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the Xbox component chain, tracked as CVE-2025-53768, that affects Windows systems with Xbox services enabled. This...
October 2025 Patch Tuesday Fixes Critical CVE-2025-54957 Windows Codecs Vulnerability
Microsoft's October 2025 Patch Tuesday has addressed a significant security vulnerability, CVE-2025-54957, which affects the Windows Codecs Library and involves an integer overflow in the Dolby...
Microsoft Fixes Critical NCSI Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVE-2025-59201
Microsoft has addressed a significant security vulnerability in its Network Connection Status Indicator (NCSI) component that could allow attackers to gain elevated privileges on Windows systems. The...
Windows 11 KB5065426 Outage: Duplicate SIDs, Legacy SMBv1 Blamed for Network Share Failures
Microsoft’s September 2025 Patch Tuesday cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 landed on September 9, and within hours IT forums lit up with reports of broken file and printer sharing. KB5065426...
Microsoft’s September 2025 Patch Tuesday Delivers 80 Fixes and SMB Audit Tools as Critical Deadlines Loom
Microsoft shipped roughly 80 security fixes in its September 2025 Patch Tuesday release, tackling critical remote code execution flaws in Office, NTFS, and Hyper‑V while quietly rolling out a new...
Microsoft’s September Patches Quietly Resolve August’s MSI/UAC and NDI Streaming Regressions
Windows administrators and content creators who battled two disruptive regressions throughout August can finally breathe easier: Microsoft’s September 9, 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, led by...
Microsoft’s September Updates Patch Critical NTFS and NTLM Vulnerabilities as Talos Releases Detection Rules
Microsoft’s September 2025 Patch Tuesday landed with 86 security fixes spanning Windows, Office, and a broad set of core services, accompanied by a fresh set of Snort intrusion detection rules from...
High-Severity Cdpsvc DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21207) Threatens Windows Networks: Patch Deployment Urged
Microsoft’s January 2025 Patch Tuesday brought a critical security update for the Windows Connected Devices Platform Service (Cdpsvc) after security researchers discovered a remotely exploitable...
Windows Hyper-V Race Condition Flaw (CVE-2025-54092) Enables Attackers to Seize Host Control
Microsoft has disclosed a dangerous race condition vulnerability in Windows Hyper-V that could allow a local attacker to seize SYSTEM-level privileges on the host. Tracked as CVE-2025-54092, the flaw...
Microsoft Patches Windows Imaging Component Flaw That Could Leak Sensitive Data Through Crafted Images
A critical information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) was among the top fixes delivered in Microsoft’s July 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. Tracked as CVE-2025-47980,...
Windows RRAS Out-of-Bounds Read Flaw Exposes Memory to Remote Attackers
Microsoft has confirmed a memory disclosure vulnerability in the Windows Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) that could allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive information from...
The Day Silent MSI Repairs Died: Inside KB5063878’s UAC Uprising Across Windows Fleets
Microsoft’s August 12, 2025 cumulative update—packaged as KB5063878 for Windows 11 24H2 (OS Build 26100.4946)—shattered a core enterprise assumption that silent per-user MSI repairs would run...