February Patch Tuesday

February Patch Tuesday includes recent out-of-band updates from Microsoft between January 17th and 29th, including multiple bug fixes and a fix for a zero-day exploit in Microsoft Office. In addition, Microsoft announced the phased disablement of NTLM precede the February 2026 Patch Tuesday release.

For the February Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft has resolved 57 unique CVEs. Six CVEs are flagged as Exploited and three of those are Publicly Disclosed as well. Add the out-of-band (OOB) zero-day and you have a lineup of CVEs that need some attention.