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CVE-2026-21513
CVE-2026-21513 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. It is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it in the wild, which makes it a fix-first item. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 14 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
Risk summary
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild. EPSS exploit probability 26%. CVSS 8.8 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 5 actively-exploited CVEs in February 2026.
CVE-2026-21513 is a MSHTML Framework security feature bypass in Windows that Microsoft rates High severity (CVSS 8.8), and CISA confirmed it is being actively exploited by adding it to the KEV catalog on 2026-02-10. Exposure spans both new Windows 11 26H1 builds (ARM64 and x64) and the older Windows 10 1809 32-bit release, so mixed-age fleets are affected. Because MSHTML bypasses are commonly chained with a document or web lure to defeat a protection users would otherwise rely on, the confirmed exploitation makes this urgent despite no ransomware link yet.
Do this: Deploy the Microsoft patches for CVE-2026-21513 to all Windows 11 26H1 (ARM64 and x64) and Windows 10 1809 32-bit systems now, prioritizing internet-facing and email-handling hosts to meet the CISA KEV timeline.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2026-21513
Treat as urgent: it is being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), so patch ahead of items that are not. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5075897, KB5075899, KB5075904, KB5075906, KB5075912, KB5075941, KB5075942, KB5075943, KB5075970, KB5075971, KB5075999, KB5077179, KB5077181, KB5077212 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.
Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2026-21513. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same updates
- Authoritative references
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