Microsoft Windows Security Updates May 2022 overview
Microsoft released security and non-security updates for its Windows operating system and for other company products on the May 2022 Patch Day.
Updates are available for all client and server versions of Windows that Microsoft supports. These updates are already released via Windows Update and other update management products and services. Updates are also available as direct downloads.
Our guide acts as a reference for home users and administrators. It lists important information about the updates, links to Microsoft support pages, has a list of known issues as reported by Microsoft, links to direct downloads, and a lot more.
You can check out the April 2022 Patch Day overview here.
Microsoft Windows Security Updates: May 2022
The following Excel spreadsheet includes the released security updates for Windows and other company products. Just download it with a click on the following link: Windows security updates May 2022
Executive Summary
- Microsoft released critical security updates for all supported versions of Windows.
- Microsoft released updates for other company products, including .NET and Visual Studio, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, and Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
- The following Windows client editions have known issues: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 version 1607, Windows 10 version 20H2, 21H1 and 21H2, Windows 11
- The following Windows server editions have known issues: Windows Server 2008, Windwos Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022
- Windows 10 version 20H2 is reaching end of servicing today.
- Windows 10 version 1909 is also reaching end of servicing today.
Operating System Distribution
- Windows 7 (extended support only): 27 vulnerabilities: 3 critical and 24 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Windows 8.1: 34 vulnerabilities: 4 critical and 30 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows 10 version 1909: 43 vulnerabilities: 4 critical and 39 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows 10 version 20H2, 21H1 and 21H2 : 44 vulnerabilities, 4 critical and 40 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows 11: 44 vulnerabilities, 5 critical and 39 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26937
- Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-22017
Windows Server products
- Windows Server 2008 R2 (extended support only): 28 vulnerabilities: 3 critical and 25 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Windows Server 2012 R2: 44 vulnerabilities: 5 critical and 39 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26937
- Windows Server 2016: 51 vulnerabilities: 5 critical and 46 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26937
- Windows Server 2019: 56 vulnerabilities: 5 critical and 51 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26937
- Windows Server 2022: 55 vulnerabilities: 6 critical and 49 important
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-21972
- Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-23270
- Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26931
- Active Directory Domain Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26923
- Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-26937
- Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability -- CVE-2022-22017
Windows Security Updates
Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Updates and improvements:
- Fixed an incorrectly returned error message (KDC_ERR_TGT_REVOKED) during Domain Controller shutdown (Key Distribution Center (KDC))
- Fixed the incorrect logging of warning and error events in the System log when trying to scan outbound-only trusts (Primary Domain Controller).
- Fixed error message "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service" after installing the January 2022 or later Windows Updates. (Monthly-rollup only)
Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Updates and improvements:
- Fixed an incorrectly returned error message (KDC_ERR_TGT_REVOKED) during Domain Controller shutdown (Key Distribution Center (KDC))
- Fixed the incorrect logging of warning and error events in the System log when trying to scan outbound-only trusts (Primary Domain Controller).
- Fixed error message "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service" after installing the January 2022 or later Windows Updates. (Monthly-rollup only)
Windows 10 version 20H2, 21H1 and 21H2
- Support Page: KB5013942
- Security updates
- Plus the updates introduced in the preview update of April 25, 2022.
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Microsoft Windows Security Updates May 2022 overview
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Microsoft released security and non-security updates for its Windows operating system and for other company products on the May 2022 Patch Day.
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Martin Brinkmann
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Last updates for 1909 (all versions) and 20H2
If hardware supports it, Windows 11 isn’t too bad an upgrade after your finish tweaking and remove the crap Microsoft thinks everybody should use but, wait until the first week of next month just in case there’s a bug in the updates.
Link to KB5014001 for Windows 8.1 (to save you looking for it) https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=5014001
Any further details about CVE-2022-29127 (BitLocker Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability).
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-29127
“A successful attacker could bypass the BitLocker Device Encryption feature on the system storage device. An attacker with physical access to a powered off system could exploit this vulnerability to gain access to encrypted data.”
No issues to report on two Windows 8.1 Pro systems.
After taking a Macrium image of the system, installed the Servicing Stack Update first (KB5014025) downloaded from the Microsoft Catalog. Then via Windows Update installed the Monthly Rollup (KB5014011) and Security and Quality Rollup for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8 for Windows 8.1 for x64 (KB5013872).
No issues on Windows 7 ESU.
Windows, in it’s various versions, always seems to be carrying tons of “Remote Code Execution Vulnerability” bugs/patches.
I guess it’s true what they say about Windows: Backdoors are only found when people report them.
Some links to .NET for Windows 8.1 you might not be aware of Martin:
.NET Framework Security Only
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5013621
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5013623
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5013616
.NET Framework monthly rollup
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5013638
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5013643
https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB5013631
Documentation for the first one (.NET 3.5)
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/may-10-2022-security-only-update-for-net-framework-3-5-for-windows-8-1-and-windows-server-2012-r2-kb5013621-971260fe-1a35-481d-8f26-bcc51c223cdb
The update caused a bug in my Windows 10 client on vmware Workstation 16.2.3 (on Linux host). The upper left of the screen (which can be the whole screen or majority of the screen) does not display correctly.
There is no Known Issues section in this article like there normally is.