Blame AI: Patch Tuesday Hits Record 206 CVEs

Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed a record 206 CVEs, including three previously disclosed zero-days and several critical remote code execution and privilege escalation vulnerabilities (notably CVE-2026-47291 and CVE-2026-44815 with CVSS 9.8), with Microsoft flagging 13 flaws as "Exploitation More Likely"; the report warns that AI-driven vulnerability discovery is increasing volume and speed of disclosures and emphasizes prioritization, hardening, and detection as mitigation steps despite no confirmed mass exploitation at time of publication.