Microsoft has released security updates for CVE-2026-68840, a race condition in the Windows USB Driver that lets an authorized local attacker elevate privileges. The high-severity flaw, scored 7.0, was published September 8, 2026, and requires winning a race condition with no listed workarounds.
A race condition enables local privilege escalation.
Exploitation requires winning a race condition.
Enterprise teams should prioritize this month's Patch Tuesday rollout, as the local privilege escalation risk in a core USB driver component affects both client and server editions with no alternative mitigations.
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CISA has added CVE-2026-114625, a critical SQL injection bug in Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator, to its KEV catalog with an October 26 deadline. Fixed releases are 5.2.3.18, 6.1.3.10 and 6.4.2.12.
CISA added CVE-2026-110447, an OS command injection flaw in Collabora Online's built-in CODE server used within Nextcloud, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on October 23. It allows remote code execution; federal agencies must mitigate by October 26 under BOD 26-04.
Oracle has patched CVE-2026-91241, a flaw in Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition that it rates 9.1 Critical under CVSS 3.1, in versions 8.2.0.0.0, 12.2.1.4.0 and 26.01.0.0.0. The fix shipped in Oracle's October 2026 Critical Patch Update, and Oracle urges customers to apply it promptly.
Oracle's Security Alert for CVE-2026-114820, rated CVSS 9.1, removes four eMudhra-linked root CA certificates from Java SE and GraalVM; Oracle lists it under JSSE, but the fix is a trust-store change.
Capcom says about 11.77 million CAPCOM ID records were exposed, each with an email address and login metadata. 43 also exposed birth date, gender, country and nickname, and 196 accounts had passwords changed without authorization and reset. Capcom says it has not confirmed any compromise of customer-set passwords, and credit card information was not included.
