May Patch Tuesday News Today

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Microsoft has updated its lightweight version of Windows 11 called Microsoft Validation OS. This new OS is meant for hardware and software manufacturers to help in the smooth transition to Windows 11.

Newly updated ISOs are heading for Windows 11 22H2, as well as Windows 10. The new Windows 11 ISO brings Moment 1 and 2 updates, among other features. These are available via the Media Creation Tool.

Microsoft this week rolled out fixes for 51 vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio — including three zero-day flaws that should be patched immediately.

Applying the fix for a new security bypass zero-day affecting the Windows Secure Boot feature will be a long process that will drag into 2024, but for good reason, says Microsoft.

Microsoft released the May Patch Tuesday update KB5026372 to Windows 11 users. To get it, just open up Windows Update and apply any available updates. You can also download it for offline installs.

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is no longer recommending the installation of May Patch Tuesday updates on Domain Controllers because of authentication issues.

Plus: Grab your updates for Adobe, SAP, Android, Intel Share Copy Patch Tuesday Microsofts May Patch Tuesday brought a lighter-than-usual load of 55 fixes for 32 of the Windows giants applications and services, which is about half what was served up in April. The Redmond-based firms Office and Windows flagships house many of the identified vulnerabilities, alongside Internet Explorer, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Skype, and other software. Among the 55 CVEs identified by Microsoft...

Microsoft’s May 2021 Patch Tuesday updates include fixes for four critical security vulnerabilities. Microsoft’s May Patch Tuesday release addressed a modest 55 cybersecurity vulnerabilities, including just four critical bugs. It’s the smallest monthly update from the computing giant since 2020, but it does contain a patch for a concerning wormable vulnerability found in the Windows OS. The good news is that none of the vulnerabilities are being actively exploited in the wild, according t...

This month brought patches for 55 CVEs in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, .NET Core and Visual Studio, Internet Explorer, SharePoint Server, Hyper-V, Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync, Open Source Software, and Exchange Server. Fifty of these vulnerabilities are classified as Important in severity, one as Moderate. One concerning CVE to prioritize is CVE-2021-31166, a critical remote code execution flaw in the HTTP protocol stack with a CVSS score of 9.8. An attack using this would b...