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Akamai’s Perspective on September’s Patch Tuesday 2023

As we do every month, the Akamai Security Intelligence Group set out to look at the more intriguing vulnerabilities that were patched.

\r\n Microsoft admins: Batter up! Of the 65 CVEs patched this month, only two of them are critical. The highest CVE rating is 8.8. There are also two vulnerabilities reported as exploited in the wild . Compared with previous months, these are rookie numbers!

\r\n In this report, we’ll assess how critical the vulnerabilities really are, and how commonplace the affected applications and services are, to provide you with a realistic perspective on the bugs that were fixed. You can also see a quick summary of the patch on our Twitter account.…