Microsoft this week released patches for 83 CVEs across its product range, six of which it expects attackers are more like to exploit for a variety of reasons. This month's patch drop is bigger than last month's small 63-patch security update. It has the usual mix of bugs, including those that let hackers steal data, those that let them run code remotely (RCE), those that let them deny service, and those that let them escalate privileges.
However, there's little in the set that merits an immediate all-hands on-deck kind of response that some Microsoft updates warrant, according to some security experts. For the most part, Microsoft's March patch release should pose relatively fewer challenges than usual, observed Tyler Reguly, associated director of security R&D at Fortra.
Reguly told ZeroOwl, "I don't see a lot of reasons for people to be stressed." Sarwate said in an email that "elevation of privilege" is one of the attackers' main ways to get into networks and stay there. Related: A cyberattack on the government of Mexico Point out the AI threat ## Important RCE Bugs The RCE vulnerabilities that security experts pointed to as more noteworthy in this month's set are two affecting Microsoft Office: CVE-2026-26113 (CVSS 8.4) and CVE-2026-26110 (CVSS 8.4).
The Preview Pane is an attack vector in both cases, meaning a user could be compromised without having to open a malcious document or file.
Jack Bicer, director of vulnerability research at Action1, said in a statement, "If the security update can't be applied right away, companies should turn off the Preview Pane in file explorers and only open Office files from trusted sources." "Implementing email filtering, attachment scanning, and endpoint protection monitoring can also reduce the risk of malicious document delivery." This month, Microsoft released a list of vulnerabilities that are less likely to be exploited.
Two of them are CVE-2026-25190 (CVS 7.8), an RCE vulnerability in GDI, and CVE-2026-25181 (CVSS 7.5), an information disclosure vulnerability in GDI+, which are the graphics APIs in Windows.
