Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack

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  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-08-11 20:10 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-08-19 13:00 UTC
  • CVSS: 7.0
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: f46d57b5d1bdfe71c1fe25f9b292f7330d797863b822b1c2a0464ecc00b5864f

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Microsoft released its monthly security updates on Tuesday, and one of the flaws it closed is already being used in attacks.

The bug sits in a core Windows kernel driver that handles network socket operations. An attacker with code already running on a machine can use it to escalate to SYSTEM. That patch goes out first.

The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-68820 (CVSS score: 7.0) and is the only

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-68820

HIGH

7

HIGH

7

2026-08-11

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