Security News Microsoft June 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 6 zero-days, 200 flaws

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Article and title updated as 3 additional zero-days were fixed in the June 2026 Patch Tuesday.

Today is Microsoft's June 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 200 flaws, including five publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities and one actively exploited in attacks.

This Patch Tuesday addresses 33 "Critical" vulnerabilities, 28 of which are remote code execution, 4 are elevation of privilege, and 1 is an information disclosure flaw.

The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
  • 65 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
  • 19 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
  • 55 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
  • 30 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
  • 7 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
  • 27 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
When BleepingComputer reports on Patch Tuesday security updates, we only count those released by Microsoft today.

Therefore, the number of flaws does not include flaws in Mariner, Azure HorizonDB, Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Chat, M365 Copilot, Microsoft Exchange Online, and Microsoft Graph that were fixed by Microsoft earlier this month.

There were also a massive 360 Microsoft Edge/Chromium flaws that were fixed by Google this month, which were excluded from this Patch Tuesday roundup.

To learn more about the non-security updates released today, you can review our dedicated articles on the Windows 11 KB5094126 & KB5093998 cumulative updates and the Windows 10 KB5094127 extended security update.
 
ZDI: The June 2026 Security Update Review
I’ve made it through Pwn2Own Berlin, had a little vacation, and now I’m back for Patch Tuesday. Microsoft and Adobe didn’t disappoint. In fact, they have heralded my return with the largest Patch Tuesday release ever. Thanks? Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities and let’s take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft. If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:

Adobe Patches for June 2026

For May, June released 11 bulletins addressing 123 unique CVEs in Adobe Acrobat Reader, ColdFusion, Experience Manager, Experience Manager Forms, InDesign, InCopy, Substance 3D Sampler, Content Credentials SDK, Dreamweaver, Format Plugins, and Adobe Campaign Classic. A total of 11 of these CVEs were reported through the ZDI program.

Obviously, the update for Campaign Classic should be on the top of your deployment list if you’re a user. A CVSS 10 is rare; two in the same bulletin is pretty much a unicorn. Adobe says there are no active attacks, but I would expect heavy research into creating one. The update for Coldfusion is also a Priority 1, but again, no known attacks is the wild. I suspect the Reader patch will also receive a lot of attention as malicious PDFs are common in ransomware attacks. The update for Experience Manager may be large, but it’s mostly just cross-site scripting (XSS) bugs.
Microsoft Patches for June 2026

This month, Microsoft released a new record 208 CVEs Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, .NET and Visual Studio, Github Copilot, Defender, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, Secure Boot, and BitLocker. At least, that’s my count. Microsoft’s tools seem to be having some issues, as they initially included a CVE from 2020 in this release. Regardless, the count is over 200, and I counted several times.

One of these bugs came through the ZDI program, but bugs submitted during Pwn2Own Berlin remain unpatched. If you include the Chromium and other third-party bugs, the total CVE count for June comes to a staggering 571 CVEs. 38 of these cases are rated Critical while the rest are rated Important in severity.

I’ve been counting CVEs on Patch Tuesday since 2017, and this is by far the largest monthly release in that time. The previous record was 177 set last year. It is extraordinary that Microsoft can produce so many patches in a single month, but it does raise concerns. How many of these cases were found using AI tools? How many patches were generated using AI to assist in coding or testing? What quality issues may exist in these patches? And likely most importantly, is this the new normal? The last two months were also large releases. Should sysadmins adjust their processes for prioritization and patch deployment based on this new volume of updates? Unfortunately, Microsoft is not providing those answers right now. Hopefully that changes in the future. BTW – just a note – the current number of CVEs shipped by Microsoft this year exceeds the total number of CVEs shipped in all of 2018.

One of the bugs patched by Microsoft this month is listed as under active exploitation and three others are listed as publicly known at the time of release.
Looking Ahead

The next Patch Tuesday will be on July 14 and will be the last one before Black Hat/DEFCON. It’s usually a big release, so strap in and hang on. I’ll be back then to give you my full thoughts. Until then, stay safe, happy patching, and may all your reboots be smooth and clean!