Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday: Many fixes, but no zero-days
2026-05-12T20:51:47Z•f6c3e2b49de86b042b29f24940f084530d5fe7e3e806f28027083d61c063a9a6
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What happened
Daily roundup of security news: Microsoft released its May 2026 Patch Tuesday with fixes for 120+ CVEs (no reported zero-days), highlighting multiple critical RCEs in Microsoft Word (notably CVE-2026-40361 and CVE-2026-40364) that should be prioritized. Researchers disclosed an active exploitation campaign and backdoor linked to a cPanel/WHM authentication bypass (CVE-2026-41940) that yields administrator access. Other items: an Amazon Quick backend authorization bypass allowing access to disabled AI agents, new product launches (ThreatDown ITDR, Veeam Intelligent ResOps), SAP’s Autonomous Ag
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