974 flaws, and the two that matter are both privilege escalation
2026-09-09Security
Microsoft patched 974 vulnerabilities in September, a 70% jump over the previous record, with 723 of them in Windows and more than 110 rated critical. Two are being exploited. Both are CVSS 7.8 local privilege escalation, which means the attacker is already on the machine — and that is the whole triage.