Microsoft is publishing 1,092 own-product vulnerabilities on November 2026 Patch Tuesday, including 1,102 vulnerabilities in Windows. Until a few months ago, these volumes would have been unimaginable, but if anything, this month feels like a slight reprieve.
The jury is still out on whether patching many more vulnerabilities will lead to better security outcomes; every code change to resolve a known vulnerability could easily introduce new hidden treasure for researchers or threat actors to unearth in the future.
Despite the vast uptick in volume during 2026, there has been no accompanying increase in the number of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild. Microsoft is aware of exploitation in the wild for just one of the vulnerabilities published today, with no known public disclosure at all this month.
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Source: Rapid7 News
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