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

2026-08-12T19:23:27Z87f64d5714e3332a18f28dcf0dbeec2d3a9b3e4893ef00b0a58b5191b9ddb096
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What happened

CrowdStrike’s August 2026 RSS feed highlights an August Patch Tuesday analysis reporting 415 CVEs, including 62 critical vulnerabilities and one exploited zero-day, along with threat hunting for shell-command obfuscation on VMware ESX, Astaroth malware activity, AI security, and cloud and SIEM product updates.

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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crowdstrike_blog
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87f64d5714e3332a18f28dcf0dbeec2d3a9b3e4893ef00b0a58b5191b9ddb096
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2026-08-12T19:23:27Z
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