Vulnerabilities Microsoft Patches Exploited SharePoint Zero-Day and 160 Other Vulnerabilities Experts say this is the second-largest Microsoft Patch Tuesday ever based on CVE count. By Eduard Kovacs | April 14, 2026 (2:14 PM ET) Flipboard Reddit Whatsapp Whatsapp Email Microsoftâs latest Patch Tuesday updates fix 165 vulnerabilities, including a SharePoint zero-day that has been exploited in the wild. The exploited SharePoint Server vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-32201 and it has been described as a spoofing issue. Microsoft assigned it an âimportantâ severity rating with a CVSS score of 6.5. âImproper input validation in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network,â Microsoft said, adding that an attacker may be able to exploit the flaw to access sensitive information and alter it. Itâs unclear who is behind the zero-day attacks exploiting CVE-2026-32201 and what their motivation is. At the time of writing no information appears to be available and Microsoft has yet to say who reported the security hole. However, based on the vendorâs brief description itâs possible that CVE-2026-32201 is being chained with other weaknesses. Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading. SharePoint vulnerabilities are often exploited in the wild. CISAâs Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog currently includes 10 SharePoint flaws. CVE-2026-32201 has already been added to CISAâs KEV list, and federal agencies have been instructed to patch it by April 28. Of the remaining vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft with its April 2026 Patch Tuesday updates, 19 have an exploitability rating of âexploitation more likelyâ, which indicates that they may end up being exploited in attacks. One of these vulnerabilities is CVE-2026-33825 , a Microsoft Defender privilege-escalation issue that the tech giant says was publicly disclosed before patches were released. Security holes in Windows components such as Boot Loader, Active Directory, Remote Desktop, Hello, Storage Space Controllers, Search, TDI Translation Driver, BitLocker, Management Console, TCP/IP, Common Log File System Driver, UPnP Device Host, COM, Shell, Function Discovery Service, and Desktop Window Manager are also more likely to be exploited in the future. Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, said this is the second-largest Patch Tuesday ever, just shy of the record set in October 2025 . Adobe has patched more than 50 vulnerabilities across 11 products with its latest Patch Tuesday fixes. Related : SAP Patches Critical ABAP Vulnerability Related : Microsoft Patches 83 Vulnerabilities Related : Organizations Warned of Exploited Windows, Adobe Acrobat Vulnerabilities Written By Eduard Kovacs Eduard Kovacs (@EduardKovacs) is senior managing editor at SecurityWeek. He worked as a high school IT teacher before starting a career in journalism in 2011. Eduard holds a bachelorâs degree in industrial informatics and a masterâs degree in computer techniques applied in electrical engineering. 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Microsoft's April 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed 165 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited SharePoint Server zero-day (CVE-2026-32201, CVSS 6.5), which is an improper input validation flaw allowing network-based spoofing to access and alter sensitive information. This CVE has been added to CISA's KEV catalog, requiring federal agencies to patch by April 28. Among the other patched flaws, 19 are rated 'exploitation more likely,' including a publicly disclosed Microsoft Defender privilege-escalation issue (CVE-2026-33825, CVSS 7.8).