Windows 10 and 11, June 2023 Patch Tuesday begins, all the details

2023-06-13 22:08:24

The June 2023 Patch Tuesday begins. Microsoft is releasing several cumulative updates for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Security is a focus but we also have improvements.

Every second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft releases security updates for its entire software ecosystem. This concerns Office for example or Windows. This content is offered through various distribution channels.

Note that Microsoft is deploying a patch for a Windows kernel vulnerability, but the patch is not enabled by default. The flaw affects Windows 10 v1607, 1809, 20H2, 21H2 and 22H2, Windows 11 v21H2 and 22H2 and Windows Server 2022. To activate the patch (KB5028407), you need to set a registry key value according to your operating system . You will find all the necessary instructions ici. Microsoft does not explain why this patch is not activated.

The other highlight of this Patch Tuesday is the end of support for Windows 10 v21H2. No more updates will be released for the Home, Pro, Pro Education, and Pro for Workstations editions.

Windows 10 and Windows 11, dozens of flaws fixed.

Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2 are victims of 29 vulnerabilities, four of which are considered critical and 25 important. Microsoft fixes a flaw in Hyper-V allowing a denial of service (CVE-2023-32013) and three security issues in PGM allowing remote code execution (CVE-2023-32015, CVE-2023-32014 et CVE-2023-29363). PGM est la contraction de Pragmatic General Multicast.

For its part, Windows 11 21H2 is affected by 29 vulnerabilities, 4 of which are critical and 25 important. We find the Hyper-V flaw (CVE-2023-32013) and the three issues in PGM allowing remote code execution (CVE-2023-32015, CVE-2023-32014 and CVE-2023-29363). Windows 11 22H2 is affected by the same critical flaws and has a total of 31 vulnerabilities.

The correction of all this little world is entrusted to the cumulative updates

Download and installation are provided by the Windows Update service. It is also possible to retrieve them manually for offline installation. Here are the direct links:

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