CSO: February 2026 Patch Tuesday: Six new and actively exploited Microsoft vulnerabilities addressed

CSO reported on Microsoft’s February 2026 Patch Tuesday release, which addressed 60 vulnerabilities, including six that are new and actively exploited. The coverage outlines multiple security feature bypasses, elevation of privilege flaws that could allow attackers to gain System access, and additional risks affecting Azure environments and developer tools. Tyler Reguly, associate director of security R&D at Fortra, noted that while the vulnerabilities require attention, organizations can remediate them through standard patching processes without additional configuration steps. 

Originally published in CSO. 

Excerpt: “However, Tyler Reguly, associate director of security R&D at Fortra, says there’s good news: The issues are easy to resolve with regular Microsoft patches for Windows and Office, and none require any post patch configuration steps.”