SANS Internet Stormcenter Daily Cyber Security Podcast (Stormcast) SANS Stormcast Wednesday, March 11th, 2026: Windows, Fortinet, Adobe, and Zoom Patches
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Mar 11, 2026 A rapid rundown of March patching across Microsoft, Fortinet, Adobe and Zoom. Highlights include Microsoft’s large Patch Tuesday with multiple critical fixes and disclosed issues. Deep dives on Fortinet OpenSSL and switch LLDP flaws and Adobe commerce and Acrobat fixes. A high-severity Zoom patch and a reminder about ongoing SAP updates round out the coverage.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Scope And Notable Disclosures
- Microsoft released fixes for 93 vulnerabilities including eight critical ones and two disclosed beforehand.
- Notably no vulnerabilities were reported as already exploited, but disclosed issues include a .NET DoS and an authenticated SQL Server privilege escalation scenario.
Disclosed .NET DoS And SQL Server Escalation
- Two disclosed issues drew attention: a network-exploitable .NET denial-of-service and an authenticated SQL Server privilege escalation.
- The SQL Server bug could let a low-privileged DB account escalate to sysadmin, threatening web-app backed servers.
Patch Office Excel RCEs First
- Several Excel and Office remote code execution vulnerabilities are among the critical items and warrant prioritised patching.
- One zero-day reporter of note was the AI company Expo, which recently gained attention for finding impactful bugs.