Microsoft Releases April 2022 Security Updates
Scheduled updates for Microsoft products
Summary
Scheduled updates for Microsoft products
Affected platforms
The following platforms are known to be affected:
The following platforms are also known to be affected:
Other products included.
- Active Directory Domain Services
- Azure SDK
- LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- Microsoft Bluetooth Driver
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Graphics Component
- Microsoft Local Security Authority Server (lsasrv)
- Microsoft Office Excel
- Microsoft Office SharePoint
- Microsoft Windows ALPC
- Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
- Microsoft Windows Media Foundation
- Power BI
- Role: DNS Server
- Role: Windows Hyper-V
- Skype for Business
- Visual Studio Code
- Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
- Windows App Store
- Windows AppX Package Manager
- Windows Cluster Client Failover
- Windows Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)
- Windows Common Log File System Driver
- Windows DWM Core Library
- Windows Endpoint Configuration Manager
- Windows Fax Compose Form
- Windows Feedback Hub
- Windows File Explorer
- Windows File Server
- Windows Installer
- Windows iSCSI Target Service
- Windows Kerberos
- Windows Kernel
- Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service
- Windows Media
- Windows Network File System
- Windows PowerShell
- Windows Print Spooler Components
- Windows RDP
- Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime
- Windows schannel
- Windows SMB
- Windows Telephony Server
- Windows Upgrade Assistant
- Windows User Profile Service
- Windows Win32K
- Windows Work Folder Service
- YARP reverse proxy
Threat details
Introduction
Microsoft has released updates to address 128 vulnerabilities in Microsoft software, with 10 vulnerabilities considered critical. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system.
Remediation advice
Affected organisations are encouraged to review Microsoft’s April 2022 Security Update Summary and Deployment Information and apply the necessary updates.
Definitive source of threat updates
Last edited: 13 April 2022 11:57 am