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CVE-2025-60710: CISA’s active‑exploit designation turns a TaskHost privilege bug into a two‑week patch emergency

CISA’s addition of CVE-2025-60710 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list makes a previously theoretical Windows Task Host privilege escalation a present operational threat: federal agencies have two weeks under BOD 22‑01 to patch, and all organizations should treat this as a priority where detection will not substitute for patching. CISA’s designation versus the bug’s mechanics […]

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When 0x80073712 appears: Microsoft’s pull of KB5079391 and replacement KB5086672 underline persistent Windows update validation gaps

Microsoft pulled the Windows 11 optional preview update KB5079391 within hours of its March 26, 2026 release after installation failures surfaced with error 0x80073712, and then issued an out‑of‑band replacement, KB5086672, on March 31, 2026. That rapid pull‑and‑replace sequence makes clear that update validation still struggles to catch certain failures at scale, even with phased […]

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