Microsoft Patch Tuesday – February 2026

Microsoft's February 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 59 vulnerabilities, including six being actively exploited in the wild—notably security feature bypasses in Windows Shell, MSHTML (Internet Explorer) and Microsoft Word—alongside multiple elevation-of-privilege flaws (Desktop Window Manager, Remote Desktop Services) and a denial-of-service in Remote Access Connection Manager; functional exploit code is available for several issues and administrators are advised to review the release notes and apply patches promptly.