Should I install the August 2026 Patch Tuesday updates immediately?

Yes. The release fixes 421 CVEs including CVE-2026-68820, a WinSock AFD flaw already exploited in the wild by the Lazarus group. Security teams recommend deploying the cumulative update within 72 hours.

What is CVE-2026-68820 and who is affected?

CVE-2026-68820 is an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in the WinSock AFD driver (AFD.sys), present on supported Windows clients and servers. It is being exploited in the wild and is fixed by the August cumulative update.

Is Windows 11 23H2 still supported?

Partially. Enterprise and Education editions of 23H2 are supported until November 10, 2026, with KB5120240 as the final security update. Home and Pro editions exited support on November 11, 2025.

What are MAI Image 2.5 Pro and MAI Voice 2 Flash?

They are Microsoft’s newest in-house AI models in public preview: MAI-Image-2.5-Pro is a high-fidelity image model and MAI-Voice-2-Flash is a low-latency text-to-speech model, available across Bing, Excel, Copilot, and Dynamics 365.

How do I get ZoomInfo data in Copilot?

Admins connect the ZoomInfo GTM MCP connector inside Copilot Studio, then agents can query 500 million contacts and 100 million companies within Microsoft 365 Copilot, Excel, Word, and Dynamics 365 under the organization’s authorization controls.

Windows and Microsoft AI News: Patch Tuesday MAI (Aug 12)