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Microsoft patches 1,094 flaws, including an Outlook bug already used in attacks

November's Patch Tuesday fixes an exploited Outlook flaw that leaks Windows password hashes, plus critical bugs in Exchange and Windows LDAP.

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1,094Microsoft vulnerabilities fixed in November

What to know

  • Microsoft's November 10 updates fix 1,094 vulnerabilities, 63 rated critical, according to CSO Online.
  • One flaw, CVE-2026-124194 in Outlook, was already being exploited and can expose users' hashed Windows credentials.
  • CyberScoop reports CISA added the Outlook flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list shortly after release.

Microsoft released security updates for 1,094 vulnerabilities on Tuesday, November 10, and one of them was already being used in attacks. The exploited bug, CVE-2026-124194, is in Outlook and can leak a user's hashed Windows credentials to an attacker, according to CSO Online and CyberScoop.

The Outlook flaw

Microsoft classes CVE-2026-124194 as a spoofing bug. In practice it exposes NTLM hashes, the scrambled form of a Windows password that Windows uses to prove who a user is. An attacker who captures one can try to crack it or relay it to log in to other systems as that user. Infosecurity Magazine reports that the attack needs only one click on a crafted email file.

The flaw affects Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise and Office LTSC 2021 and 2024. CSO puts its severity score at 6.5 out of 10, which counts as moderate. Security researchers quoted by CSO and Infosecurity say the score understates the risk, because stolen hashes are a common first step toward taking over a network.

CyberScoop reports that the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added the bug to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog shortly after Microsoft's release. Federal civilian agencies must patch flaws on that list by a set deadline. CSO says Microsoft credited a researcher at Anthropic who used the Claude assistant with reporting the bug.

The critical fixes

CSO counts 63 of the 1,094 flaws as critical; Infosecurity counts 66. Several score 9.8 out of 10, according to CSO:

  • CVE-2026-119958, a Windows LDAP bug that lets an attacker run code on a domain controller without logging in.
  • CVE-2026-118207, an Exchange Server bug that anyone able to send the organization an email can trigger.
  • CVE-2026-112967, a bug in the Xbox Live networking service in Windows that an attacker on the same network can use to take full control.

CyberScoop singles out a different bug, CVE-2026-116928 in Windows Search, which can be reached through Exchange Server. A researcher quoted by CyberScoop called it "a zero-click code execution bug on a high-value target."

About the count

Outlets disagree on the total. CSO and CyberScoop give 1,094, the figure CyberScoop attributes to Microsoft's release notes; we use that number. Infosecurity Magazine reports 1,235 and does not explain the difference. Either way, the release is smaller than October's, which CyberScoop puts at 1,413 flaws.

Other vendors patched the same day. SAP fixed 43 flaws, four with the maximum score of 10, and Adobe issued nine bulletins covering 110 vulnerabilities, according to Infosecurity and CSO.

Why it matters

This is the second month running that Microsoft has shipped more than 1,000 fixes, which leaves IT teams far more to triage than a typical release once did. The Outlook flaw is the one to apply first: it is already being exploited, it reaches ordinary office users through email, and it hands attackers credentials they can reuse across a network. For how AI tools are already showing up in real intrusions, see our report on the Dragos water utility case.

Sources

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