You Can Tell A Lot About the Month by the Number of Tabs | Patch Tuesday Support Group October 2026

Welcome to the Patch Tuesday Support Group for October 2026! Join Bryan Dam and Jordan Benzing as they break down a record-setting month featuring 1,260 total monthly vulnerabilities across 75 Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) releases. Key Topics Covered: • October 2026 Overview: 1,260 CVEs and 75 Monthly KBs • SharePoint Server & Office Online Server updates (KB5002927, KB5002928) • Windows OS Cumulative Updates (KB5099414, KB5099444, KB5099445) • Critical vs. Important classification breakdown and vulnerability trends • Deployment guidance and testing tips for enterprise endpoints Article links featured in the webinar found here: https://patchmypc.com/events/patch-tu... ⏱️ Timestamps: 00:00 – Welcome & Introduction 01:19 – Jordan’s Slide Presentation: Vulnerability Trends & Record Spike 10:00 – Overview of Month Tabs & Last Month’s Issues 11:03 – Recap of September Update Failures (Defender False Positives, USB Audio) 11:40 – The Security Out-of-Band (OOB) Update Behavior in Windows Autopatch / Intune 19:30 – Baseline Cumulative Updates vs. Hot Patching Dependencies 21:07 – Residual Bug Fixes: WPF PDF Printing & USB Audio 21:38 – Disabling NTLM Breaking Wi-Fi Authentication (PEAP/MS-CHAPv2) 24:08 – Temporary Registry Fix for NTLM & Communication in Microsoft Message Center 25:33 – Anecdotal Issues: Windows 11 Administrator Protection & Privilege Elevation Quirks 26:35 – Windows Update Certificate Rotation: Impacts on Legacy / EOL Devices and WSUS 28:17 – Permanent Daylight Savings Time Workaround (Manitoba) 29:26 – Security News: Microsoft Internal Tenant Incident via AI Reverse Engineering 32:52 – LAST Lawsuit Blueprint against AI Models & Containment Failure 37:46 – AI Model Escapes & Multiple Scraping Incidents (Australia Non-Public Data) 40:03 – Critical CVEs: Fortinet FortiMail Remote Code Execution 40:37 – TeamViewer Client Vulnerabilities 41:01 – Google Suspends Open-Source Software Vulnerability Rewards (AI Slop Impact) 41:53 – Dell System Update: Unauthenticated Remote Execution Vulnerability 42:24 – Atlassian Products (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) Arbitrary File Access 42:59 – IoT Commercial Temperature Controllers Exploited Globally 44:01 – SAP Cloud SDK for Python Token Hijacking / Credentials Leak 44:54 – Ivanti Connect Secure VPN Vulnerabilities 45:18 – Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS) & F5 BIG-IP Advisories 45:54 – Citrix NetScaler Edge Exploit & Out-of-Band Warnings 47:01 – Mandiant Threat Intelligence Report: Edge Devices Mean-Time-to-Exploit (-7 Days) 48:17 – "Software is Dead": AI Spec Generation & Clone Application Generation 50:13 – End of Life (EOL) Milestones: Windows 11 (24H2 Home/Pro), Windows 10 LTSB 2016 51:04 – Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 Extended Support Officially Ending 51:33 – Office LTSC 2021 EOL & Deprecation of Microsoft Publisher 52:06 – Windows Deployment Services (WDS) Deprecation Roadmap vs. Config Manager 54:48 – Kurrin Medina’s Standalone WDS-less PXE in Configuration Manager 56:06 – Windows 11 26H2 General Availability Enablement Package 57:13 – Windows Autopilot: Legacy vs. Device Preparation Evolution 57:58 – Deprecation of SMS and Voice Call MFA Timelines 58:55 – Microsoft Learn Documentation GitHub Model Deprecation & Community Reaction 59:56 – Microsoft 365 Family Plan Cloud Storage Tier Reductions 01:00:53 – What's New in Microsoft Intune: Remote Help Stability & GCC High Support 01:01:34 – Win32 Push Notifications & Accelerated Device Compliance Updates 01:02:49 – Intune Setting: "Ignore Windows Update Group Policies" (MDM vs. GPO / WSUS) 01:04:42 – Config Manager ODBC / SQL Drivers Known Issue Caveat 01:05:50 – Wrap-Up & Closing Remarks #PatchTuesday #PatchMyPC #SysAdmin #MicrosoftIntune #ConfigMgr #SCCM #CyberSecurity #ITAdmin #WindowsUpdate #CVE