--- title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition – Krebs on... description: Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 77 vulnerabilities with no active zero-days. Key highlights include a publicly disclosed SQL Server privilege... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-patch-tuesday-march-2026-edition-krebs-on-security-vio6duyhq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition – Krebs on Security | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 77 vulnerabilities with no active zero-days. Key highlights include a publicly disclosed SQL Server privilege... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-patch-tuesday-march-2026-edition-krebs-on-security-vio6duyhq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ViO6duyhq.png og:image:alt: Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition – Krebs on Security og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition – Krebs on Security **[Krebs on Security](https://daily.dev/sources/krebsonsecurity)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft's March 2026 Patch Tuesday addresses 77 vulnerabilities with no active zero-days. Key highlights include a publicly disclosed SQL Server privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2026-21262) allowing elevation to sysadmin, two critical Microsoft Office remote code execution bugs triggerable via the Preview Pane, and several privilege escalation flaws rated 'exploitation more likely' across Windows components. Notably, one critical RCE (CVE-2026-21536) was discovered by XBOW, an autonomous AI penetration testing agent, marking a significant milestone in AI-driven vulnerability research. Adobe patched 80 vulnerabilities across its products, and Mozilla Firefox 148.0.2 resolved three high-severity CVEs. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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