{"slug": "microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september", "title": "Microsoft Shatters Another Record, Patching 973 Vulnerabilities in September", "summary": "Microsoft patched a record 973 vulnerabilities in its September 2026 Patch Tuesday update, surpassing its earlier 2026 record of 570 security flaws patched in July, according to cybersecuritynews.com and Krebs on Security. A Privacy Guides forum commenter attributed the surge to bleeding-edge AI models identifying vulnerabilities faster and at a scale humans cannot keep up with, as vendors try to get ahead of the wave of flaws expected once those models are released publicly.", "body_md": "[fria](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/fria)\n1\n \nMicrosoft [patched](https://cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-update-september-2026/) a record 973 vulnerabilities this September, beating their other [records](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/microsoft-patches-a-record-570-security-flaws/) from earlier this year.\n\nThis is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/10/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september/](https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/09/10/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september/)\n \n3 Likes\n\n \nI donno but doesnt this remind people of the CIA in the 1980s Iran Contra.\n\n“WE investigated ourselves and found ourselves Not Guilty!”\n\n \n\n \n[eyJhbG](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/u/eyJhbG)\n3\n \nThis is the unfortunate new reality of bleeding-edge AI models identifying vulnerabilities faster and at a scale humans cannot keep up with and software vendors trying to get ahead of the inevitable wave of vulnerabilities once those models are released to the public.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september", "canonical_source": "https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september/40606#post_3", "published_at": "2026-09-12 00:11:43+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-12 00:22:41.712677+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "Privacy Guides", "cybersecuritynews.com", "Krebs on Security"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-shatters-another-record-patching-973-vulnerabilities-in-september.jsonld"}}