Tuesday 14 April 2026
April 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.
Superseded
Newer updates replace April 2026.
The CVEs it fixes are unknown; no open known issues found in the current public evidence; out-of-band fixes followed on 19 Apr. See November 2026 Patch Tuesday.
MSRC's April 2026 security update document isn't collected.
ChangeIntel's reading of public signals, not advice; check Microsoft's guidance and test before you deploy. Terms
- Microsoft CVEs
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