Microsoft Shatters Patch Tuesday Record With 974 CVE Fixes in September 2026

**Microsoft September 2026 Patch Tuesday:** Microsoft released fixes for a record 974 CVEs (723 in Windows, 111 in Office), including 119 critical issues and two zero-days (CVE-2026-85880 and CVE-2026-81963) that are being actively exploited; the bulletin calls for risk-based prioritization of notable critical RCE and privilege-escalation vulnerabilities such as CVE-2026-62878, CVE-2026-62823, CVE-2026-62893, CVE-2026-65789, and others.