October 2026 Patch Tuesday: 1,413 CVEs Include Three Zero-Days and 75 Critical Vulnerabilities

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What happened

CrowdStrike’s October 2026 RSS feed highlights a Patch Tuesday analysis reporting 1,413 CVEs, including three zero-days and 75 critical vulnerabilities, alongside threat intelligence on FAMOUS CHOLLIMA activity, an AI-driven ARTEX campaign targeting South Korean financial organizations, and research on bypassing LLM safety classifiers. The feed also covers defensive products, cloud security, critical-infrastructure protection, and federal SOC modernization.

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