Patch Tuesday for May 2022 gives rise to new Windows 10 and Windows 11 cumulative updates. Microsoft is focusing on security but also on fixing bugs and failures. This maintenance does not only concern the giant’s operating systems. Other products in its catalog are affected.
These cumulative updates are available now. Microsoft offers various distribution channels including Windows Updates and direct download links. We offer you the most important information of this fifth major maintenance of 2022. You will find
- Links to Microsoft support pages,
- A list of known issues reported by Microsoft
- And links to direct downloads.
This May 2022 Patch Tuesday comes with two highlights.
- Microsoft provides critical security updates for all supported versions of Windows. We have support for other products including .NET, Visual Studio, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft Office, Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code.
- Windows 10 20H2 and v1909 are now discontinued. Clearly their maintenance is no longer provided by Microsoft.
Windows and Patch Tuesday for May 2022, all links
Microsoft fixes 27 security vulnerabilities in Windows 7. These fixes are offered as part of extended support only. We have patched 3 critical security issues
- CVE-2022-21972 et CVE-2022-23270 – Point-to-Point Tunneling protocol remote code execution vulnerabilities,
- CVE-2022-26931 – Windows Kerberos elevation of privilege vulnerability.
Windows 10 v1909 is affected by 43 vulnerabilities, 4 of which are considered critical.
- CVE-2022-21972 et CVE-2022-23270 – Point-to-Point Tunneling protocol remote code execution vulnerabilities,
- CVE-2022-26931 – Windows Kerberos elevation of privilege vulnerability,
- CVE-2022-26923 – Active Directory Domain Services elevation of privilege vulnerability.
Windows 10 20H2, 21H1 and 21H2 are affected by 44 vulnerabilities, four of which are considered critical.
- CVE-2022-21972 et CVE-2022-23270 – Point-to-Point Tunneling protocol remote code execution vulnerabilities,
- CVE-2022-26931 – Windows Kerberos elevation of privilege vulnerability,
- CVE-2022-26923 – Active Directory Domain Services elevation of privilege vulnerability.
At last Windows 11 is affected by 44 vulnerabilities of which 6 are critical.
- CVE-2022-21972 et CVE-2022-23270 – Point-to-Point Tunneling protocol remote code execution vulnerabilities,
- CVE-2022-26931 – Windows Kerberos elevation of privilege vulnerability,
- CVE-2022-26923 – Elevation of privilege vulnerability in Active Directory Domain Services,
- CVE-2022-26937 – Windows Network File System Remote Code Execution Vulnerability,
- CVE-2022-22017Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability.
All this little world is corrected through various cumulative updates, of which here is the report
They are distributed through Windows Update and Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). You can also retrieve them through the Microsoft Update Catalog portal. Here are the direct links