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Microsoft November 2025 Patch Tuesday: 63 Vulnerabilities

🔒 Microsoft released its November 2025 Patch Tuesday addressing 63 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, Visual Studio and other components, including five labeled Critical. One important kernel elevation flaw, CVE-2025-62215, has been observed exploited in the wild. Critical issues include RCE in GDI+, Office, and Visual Studio, plus a DirectX elevation-of-privilege; Microsoft rates several as less likely to be exploited. Cisco Talos published Snort and Snort 3 rules and advises customers to apply updates and rule packs promptly.

Microsoft October 2025 Patch Tuesday: Key Fixes & Rules

🛡️ Microsoft’s October 2025 Patch Tuesday addresses 175 Microsoft CVEs and 21 non‑Microsoft CVEs, including 17 rated critical and 11 marked important, with three already observed exploited in the wild. Talos highlights active exploitation of CVE-2025-24990 (Agere Modem driver), CVE-2025-59230 (Remote Access Connection Manager), and CVE-2025-47827 (IGEL OS Secure Boot bypass) and urges prompt remediation. Cisco Talos also published new Snort rules to detect many of these exploits and recommends updating patches, removing unsupported drivers, and refreshing IDS/IPS signatures.

Microsoft September 2025 Patch Tuesday: 86 Fixes Guidance

🔒Microsoft released its September 2025 security update addressing 86 vulnerabilities across Windows, Office, DirectX, Hyper-V and related components. Microsoft reported no active in-the-wild exploitation but identified eight flaws where exploitation is more likely, including a network RCE in NTFS (CVE-2025-54916). Talos published Snort rules to detect attempts and recommends administrators prioritize patches and update IDS/IPS signatures promptly.

Microsoft August 2025 Patch Tuesday: 111 Vulnerabilities

⚠️ Microsoft released its August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates addressing 111 vulnerabilities, including 13 marked critical. The fixes span remote code execution, elevation-of-privilege and information-disclosure flaws across Windows, Hyper-V, Microsoft Office, GDI+ and cloud services. Microsoft reports no observed in-the-wild exploitation but notes several issues where exploitation is assessed as “more likely.” Talos is issuing Snort detection rules and urges administrators to apply vendor updates and intrusion-detection signatures promptly.