April 2026 Patch Tuesday: Updates And Analysis
CrowdStrike, Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
Microsoft has addressed 164 vulnerabilities in its April 2026 security update release, double the number of vulnerabilities in March 2026. These include one exploited zero-day vulnerability, one previously disclosed zero-day vulnerability, and eight Critical vulnerabilities.
This month's leading risk type by exploitation technique is elevation of privilege with 93 patches (57%). Remote code execution (RCE) and information disclosure followed with 20 patches each (12%).