UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
Patch Tuesday · Tuesday 11 August 2026
August 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Superseded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 August 2026.
Microsoft fixed 456 CVEs, 84 critical and 1 exploited; no open known issues from these updates. The cards below show what to deploy for each Windows version and why.
- Exploited fixed
- 1
- In CISA KEV
- 2
- Open known issues
- 0
- Out-of-band
- 0
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129242 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129236 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129236 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129238 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129239 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129235 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129237 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129238 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
UrgencyCritical · 1 exploited
RiskModerate
- Superseded by KB5129239 (out-of-band, 14 Sep), which includes its fixes
- Fixes 1 exploited vulnerability; CISA deadline 25 Aug
- Microsoft lists no known issues caused by it
- 1 more reason
Exploited and disclosed
All CVEsKnown issues from this month's updates
Windows release health- Resolvedfrom KB5121000fixed by KB5124012Win 11 26H1, Win 11 25H2, Win 11 24H2updated 8 Sep Microsoft Teams and Outlook might fail to launch on ARM-based devicesThis most likely occurs on new PCs after installing the August Windows security update and does not affect other apps.
- Resolvedfrom KB5121003Win 11 25H2, Win 11 24H2updated 26 Aug Some games become unresponsive when certain drivers are presentThis issue is related to peripherals with RGB features