November 2024 Patch Tuesday: Four Critical and Three Zero-Days Among 158 Vulnerabilities Patched

**Executive summary:** This report summarizes multiple Microsoft security disclosures, including critical remote code execution and privilege escalation vulnerabilities (several with CVSS scores up to 9.8), important NTLM/Exchange/AD CS issues, and guidance on mitigation and patching; organizations should prioritize patching and mitigation due to high-impact RCE and domain compromise risks.