August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEs

2026-08-12T07:23:27Z25023c1ae404c686cf50e0b8a5089f52354df225658697abb770346e1c9b6132
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What happened

CrowdStrike’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday analysis reports 415 CVEs, including 62 classified as critical and one exploited zero-day. The feed also covers VMware ESX threat hunting, Astaroth malware, AI security, cloud security, and detection engineering.

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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crowdstrike_blog
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25023c1ae404c686cf50e0b8a5089f52354df225658697abb770346e1c9b6132
Enrichment time
2026-08-12T07:23:27Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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