The August 2026 Security Update Review
Brief
I’ve successfully survived Hacker Summer Camp, and I have returned with a new outlook on patch density. When even Linus Torvalds says that huge updates are the “ new normal ”, it’s time to readjust what we consider a true bug apocalypse. This month’s release is thankfully smaller than last months, but still huge by historical standards.
Take a break from your regularly scheduled activities as we take a look at the latest security patches from Adobe and Microsoft. If you’d rather watch the full video recap covering the entire release, you can check it out here:
Adobe Patches for August 2026
For the first part of the August release, Adobe released five bulletins addressing 51 unique CVEs in Adobe ColdFusion, Commerce, Lightroom Classic, Content Credentials SDK, and Adobe Campaign Classic.
Here’s this month’s overview table:
If you’re running Campaign Classic, that’s your priority.