# 📊 HiddenMerit Daily · Issue 60 > **Focus on Database Frontiers, Practical Insights for DBAs** > July 22, 2026 | 5 Selected Global Breaking News ## 01|Oracle Releases Largest Quarterly Patch in History: 1,449 Patches Fix 1,235 CVEs, 261 Critical On July 21, Oracle released its July 2026 Critical Patch Update (CPU), setting a record for the largest single patch release in the company’s history. This CPU contains **1,449 security patches** fixing **1,235 independent CVEs** across 32 Oracle product families, of which **261 patches are rated Critical**. **Patch Distribution by Product Family**: | Product Family | Patches | Remotely Exploitable Without Authentication | |—————-|———|———————————————| | Oracle E‑Business Suite | 410 | 45 | | Oracle Fusion Middleware | 355 | 219 | | Oracle Communications | 168 | 122 | | Oracle MySQL | 54 | 9 | | Oracle Database Server | 15 | 6 | **Context for This Patch**: Oracle had already issued an urgent “Prepare Now” warning a week earlier, emphasising that AI is fundamentally lowering the barrier to discovering and exploiting vulnerabilities – frontier AI models can analyse software changes, reverse‑engineer security patches, and develop attack paths at unprecedented speed. Oracle has collaborated with state‑of‑the‑art […]