Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday: 137 Microsoft CVEs disclosed; 13 flagged as likely exploitation targets
Microsoft’s May 12, 2026 Patch Tuesday release disclosed 137 CVEs across Microsoft products (down from 165 the prior month, per iThome). Including third‑party component fixes Microsoft shipped, the total reaches 265 vulnerabilities. iThome highlights 13 vulnerabilities Microsoft assessed as more likely to be targeted by attackers; most are elevation-of-privilege issues across Windows components, plus two Word remote code execution bugs. Four of the 13 are rated Critical, and the highest CVSS score called out is 9.1 for a Microsoft Single Sign-On (SSO) plugin used with Jira and Confluence.