Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, August 2026 Security Update Review | Qualys

Summary: Microsoft's August 2026 Patch Tuesday release addresses 421 vulnerabilities, including 62 rated critical and 357 important, and covers three zero-day flaws - two publicly disclosed and one exploited in the wild. Adobe issued five advisories covering 51 vulnerabilities across ColdFusion, Commerce, Lightroom Classic, Content Credentials SDK, and Campaign Classic, 33 of them rated critical.
Bottom line: CISA added CVE-2026-68820 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a patch deadline of August 25, 2026, so the exploited zero-day carries a fixed date by which exposure must be closed.

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Topics: Vulnerabilities & Patching
Mentions: CVE-2026-68820
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