August 2026 Patch Tuesday: One Exploited Zero-Day and 62 Critical Vulnerabilities Among 415 CVEs

This CrowdStrike Patch Tuesday-style advisory catalogs dozens of Microsoft and Azure vulnerabilities — many rated Critical (CVSS up to 10.0) — across Windows components, Office, cloud services, and server products. It highlights technical details (CWE types, attack vectors), notes public disclosures and at least one exploited zero-day (Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock, CVE-2026-68820), and advises patching/mitigation and use of the Falcon Exposure Management dashboard to prioritize remediation.