Patch Tuesday May 2026: all the security update news you need for your small business this month.
If you’re not sure what you should patch or why, read Patch Primer for Small Business.
Mega Apple Updates
Apple released huge updates for most of its devices last week. The iOS 26.5 update requires almost 4 GB of space on your phone and the macOS update requires almost 6GB of space. The primary reason folks can’t update their phones is lack of storage space, usually caused by too many photos and videos. Apple advises on how to manage your photos and videos to create more space.
The Watch update requires only 440MB, you can check your watch storage from the app on your phone, Settings, General, Storage. Tips for how to make room on your Watch for updates here.
Yes, these include security updates for all these Apple fans who still believe that Apple devices don’t need security updates. Highlights include Apple fixes for over 50 iOS security problems and fixes for over 60 macOS 26 flaws.
Make room in your schedule and on your devices to run these updates.
Google Chrome updates
Google patched 79 vulnerabilities including 14 critical ones in the Chrome browser May 15th.
This means that all Chromium browsers like Edge, Vivaldi, etc. received security updates as well.
Really this is the simplest security update of all, Close and Reopen your browser to install.
Details on the Chrome security updates May 2026 here.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday May 2026
May 12th, Microsoft released patches for 137 vulnerabilities including 37 critical ones. Patches are for the full range of Microsoft products including all supported versions of Office and Windows.
The most critical update is for Windows DNS Client. End users don’t have to click or open anything for this vulnerability to be exploited.
Microsoft will be releasing a fix for Microsoft Edge soon. This security hole, which Microsoft referred to as a feature, meant that Microsoft Edge stored passwords from its password manager feature in plaintext.
Patch Tuesday May 2026
An ounce of patching is cheaper than a pound of hacking. Schedule some time to update your devices.
