Critical Patches Issued for Microsoft Products, July 14, 2026

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution. Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could result in an attacker gaining the same privileges as the logged-on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

Microsoft reports CVE-2026-56164 has been exploited in the wild. CVE-2026-56164 may allow remote cyber threat actors to gain unauthorized access to on-premises SharePoint Server instances. Microsoft noted that integrating its Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) can provide temporary mitigation by actively scanning and detecting malicious POST requests associated with exploitation attempts. The vulnerability was added to CISAs KEV list.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Microsoft products, the most severe of which could allow for remote code execution.

A full list of all vulnerabilities can be found in the Microsoft link in the Reference section.

Successful exploitation of the most severe of these vulnerabilities could result in an attacker gaining the same privileges as the logged-on user. Depending on the privileges associated with the user, an attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those who operate with administrative user rights.

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