Tuesday 13 October 2026
October 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Superseded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 October 2026.
Microsoft fixed 1474 CVEs, 94 critical and 1 exploited; no open known issues found in the current public evidence; out-of-band fixes followed on 26 Oct. See November 2026 Patch Tuesday.
59 of these CVEs were added after 13 Oct 2026; the release-day timeline keeps the original publication dates.
ChangeIntel's reading of public signals, not advice; check Microsoft's guidance and test before you deploy. Terms
Known issues from this month's updates
All- Resolvedfrom KB5126651fixed by KB5131085Server 2019, Server 2016, Server 2025 +1updated 10 Nov Users might be unable to sign in to OWA or send emails on Exchange Server Issue reported on Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition, affecting OWA sign-in and mail delivery.