Microsoft has released its August 2025 Patch Tuesday updates, fixing 107 security issues across its products.
This includes a zero-day vulnerability in Windows Kerberos that was already publicly disclosed.
The zero-day bug, tracked as CVE-2025-53779, is a path traversal flaw that could allow an attacker with certain privileges to gain domain administrator rights. This makes it a serious security risk for organizations using Windows networks.
Out of the 107 vulnerabilities patched this month, 44 were elevation of privilege flaws, 35 were remote code execution bugs, 18 were information disclosure issues, 9 were spoofing vulnerabilities, and 4 were denial of service flaws.
Microsoft urges all users and organizations to install the latest updates immediately to protect against potential attacks. The fixes are available through Windows Update and also address earlier security releases for products like Microsoft Edge and Azure.
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