Will Microsoft issue an out-of-band Windows security patch in 2026?

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Resolves YES if Microsoft ships a Windows security update outside its normal Patch Tuesday cadence at any point in calendar 2026.

Resolution criteria

An MSRC advisory (CVE-2026-xxxxx) released on a date that is not the second Tuesday of the month, marked "out-of-band" by Microsoft or treated as such by mainstream tech press.

Source

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog; msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide.

Ambiguity

AMBIGUOUS only if Microsoft retroactively reclassifies the release.

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