UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 2 mitigated
Patch Tuesday · Tuesday 8 September 2026
September 2026: is it safe to deploy?
What Microsoft fixed, how urgent it is, and whether anything broke, per Windows version, from Microsoft's release tables, release health, MSRC, CISA, and what the community reports.
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September 2026 fixes exploited vulnerabilities. Deploy it.
Microsoft fixed 998 CVEs, 132 critical and 2 exploited; 2 known issues are still open; out-of-band fixes followed on 14 Sep. The cards below show what to deploy for each Windows version and why.
- Exploited fixed
- 2
- In CISA KEV
- 2
- Open known issues
- 2
- Out-of-band
- 8
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 2 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 2 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate · 1 mitigated
Exploited and disclosed
All CVEsKnown issues from this month's updates
Windows release health- Mitigatedfrom KB5124012Win 11 26H1, Win 11 25H2, Win 11 24H2updated 16 Sep Domain-joined devices might lose their secure trust relationship with the domainSome Credential Guard protected machine accounts might be unable to sign in interactively will valid domain credentials.
- Mitigatedfrom KB5124012Win 11 26H1, Win 11 25H2, Win 11 24H2 +9updated 14 Sep USB audio devices might fail to start or produce no soundSome USB Audio Class 1.0 devices display Code 10 or fail in multichannel audio modes after installing KB5124008.
- Resolvedfrom KB5124012fixed by KB5129194Win 11 26H1, Win 11 25H2, Win 11 24H2 +9updated 17 Sep Remote Desktop Services might stop responding after Sept. 2026 security updateSome Windows devices with Remote Desktop enabled might experience Remote Desktop Services (RDS) instability.
- Resolvedfrom KB5124012fixed by KB5129194Win 11 26H1, Win 11 25H2, Win 11 24H2 +3updated 14 Sep Host folder shares might be unavailable in Hyper-V-based Linux VMsPlan9 host folder shares might not appear in the guest environment after installing the September 2026 security update.
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News and communityOut-of-band releases12