Records Are Made to Be Broken: Patch Tuesday Raises Triage Stakes

Microsoft issued its largest-ever Patch Tuesday update on July 14, 2026, addressing 622 unique CVEs across multiple products. Three of these are zero-day vulnerabilities currently being exploited in the wild, with two already under active attack. Among the top priorities are CVE-2026-56155 and CVE-2026-56164, both marked as exploited by CISA and affecting Active Directory Federation Services and SharePoint Server. Experts warn that the sheer volume of flaws—many with high CVSS scores—poses a major challenge for organizations to triage and patch effectively.