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Article Microsoft's April 2026 Patch Tuesday Ships 163 Fixes, Including an Exploited SharePoint Spoofing Flaw and a Publicly Disclosed Defender Escalation
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Created At April 15, 2026 at 03:25 PM UTC
Source PR #874
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