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4 posts tagged #windows-11.
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Analysis · Jun 22, 2026 · Colten Anderson
CVE-2026-45657: 'Exploitation Less Likely' Is Not a Patch Window
Microsoft's June kernel use-after-free is wormable, CVSS 9.8, and sitting in researchers' hands. The hazard rating says 'Exploitation Less Likely.' Your patch cycle shouldn't read that as wait.
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Analysis · May 18, 2026 · Colten Anderson
KB5089549 fails at 35% because your ESP is full
May's Windows 11 cumulative dies at the boot-file write step on machines with under 10 MB free in the EFI System Partition. Here's the registry fix, the detection query, and the WSUS decision.
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Analysis · May 9, 2026 · Colten Anderson
Skip the optional preview: KB5083631 isn't worth your Tuesday morning
May 12 ships the same 34 fixes plus the month's security patches in one tested package. The preview brings the same risk for none of the upside.
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Analysis · May 1, 2026 · Colten Anderson
Hotpatch goes default in Autopatch. You have 10 days.
Microsoft flips hotpatch on by default for all Autopatch tenants May 11. If you haven't inventoried your fleet against the requirements, you're about to get a split patching model you didn't plan for.