March Patch Tuesday visits 15 product families

**Executive summary:** Microsoft released the March 2026 Patch Tuesday addressing 84 CVEs across Windows, Azure, 365, Office and other products — including eight Critical vulnerabilities (five pre-patched ahead of the release) and multiple high-CVSS RCE and EoP flaws; none are reported as actively exploited in the wild, though two are publicly disclosed and several are flagged as more likely to be exploited within 30 days.