Microsoft has announced the security updates for August 2022.

August 2022 Security Updates

Updates this Month

This release consists of security updates for the following products, features and roles.

• .NET Core
• Active Directory Domain Services
• Azure Batch Node Agent
• Azure Real Time Operating System
• Azure Site Recovery
• Azure Sphere
• Microsoft ATA Port Driver
• Microsoft Bluetooth Driver
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Office Excel
• Microsoft Office Outlook
• Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT)
• Remote Access Service Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
• Role: Windows Fax Service
• Role: Windows Hyper-V
• System Center Operations Manager
• Visual Studio
• Windows Bluetooth Service
• Windows Canonical Display Driver
• Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver
• Windows Defender Credential Guard
• Windows Digital Media
• Windows Error Reporting
• Windows Hello
• Windows Internet Information Services
• Windows Kerberos
• Windows Kernel
• Windows Local Security Authority (LSA)
• Windows Network File System
• Windows Partition Management Driver
• Windows Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
• Windows Print Spooler Components
• Windows Secure Boot
• Windows Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP)
• Windows Storage Spaces Direct
• Windows Unified Write Filter
• Windows WebBrowser Control
• Windows Win32K

Please note the following information regarding the security updates:

Security Update Guide Blog Posts

Date	Blog Post
August 9, 2022	Security Update Guide Notification System News: Create your profile now
January 11, 2022	Coming Soon: New Security Update Guide Notification System
February 9, 2021	Continuing to Listen: Good News about the Security Update Guide API
January 13, 2021	Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners
December 8, 2020	Security Update Guide: Let’s keep the conversation going
November 9, 2020	Vulnerability Descriptions in the New Version of the Security Update Guide

Relevant Information

• The new Hotpatching feature is now generally available. Please see  Hotpatching feature for Windows Server Azure Edition virtual machines (VMs) for more information.
• Windows 10 updates are cumulative. The monthly security release includes all security fixes for vulnerabilities that affect Windows 10, in addition to non-security updates. The updates are available via the  Microsoft Update Catalog. For information on lifecycle and support dates for Windows 10 operating systems, please see  Windows Lifecycle Facts Sheet.
• Microsoft is improving Windows Release Notes. For more information, please see  What's next for Windows release notes.
• A list of the latest servicing stack updates for each operating system can be found in  ADV990001. This list will be updated whenever a new servicing stack update is released. It is important to install the latest servicing stack update.
• In addition to security changes for the vulnerabilities, updates include defense-in-depth updates to help improve security-related features.
• Customers running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 need to purchase the Extended Security Update to continue receiving security updates. See  4522133 for more information.

FAQs, Mitigations, and Workarounds

The following CVEs have FAQs, Mitigations, or Workarounds. You can see these in more detail from the Vulnerabilities tab by selecting FAQs, Mitigations and Workarounds columns in the Edit Columns panel.

• CVE-2022-21979
• CVE-2022-21980
• CVE-2022-24477
• CVE-2022-24516
• CVE-2022-2603
• CVE-2022-2604
• CVE-2022-2605
• CVE-2022-2606
• CVE-2022-2610
• CVE-2022-2611
• CVE-2022-2612
• CVE-2022-2614
• CVE-2022-2615
• CVE-2022-2616
• CVE-2022-2617
• CVE-2022-2618
• CVE-2022-2619
• CVE-2022-2621
• CVE-2022-2622
• CVE-2022-2623
• CVE-2022-2624
• CVE-2022-30133
• CVE-2022-30134
• CVE-2022-30144
• CVE-2022-30175
• CVE-2022-30176
• CVE-2022-30194
• CVE-2022-30197
• CVE-2022-33631
• CVE-2022-33636
• CVE-2022-33640
• CVE-2022-33646
• CVE-2022-33648
• CVE-2022-33649
• CVE-2022-33670
• CVE-2022-34301
• CVE-2022-34302
• CVE-2022-34303
• CVE-2022-34685
• CVE-2022-34686
• CVE-2022-34687
• CVE-2022-34690
• CVE-2022-34691
• CVE-2022-34692
• CVE-2022-34696
• CVE-2022-34699
• CVE-2022-34702
• CVE-2022-34703
• CVE-2022-34704
• CVE-2022-34705
• CVE-2022-34706
• CVE-2022-34707
• CVE-2022-34708
• CVE-2022-34709
• CVE-2022-34710
• CVE-2022-34712
• CVE-2022-34713
• CVE-2022-34714
• CVE-2022-34715
• CVE-2022-34716
• CVE-2022-34717
• CVE-2022-35742
• CVE-2022-35743
• CVE-2022-35744
• CVE-2022-35745
• CVE-2022-35746
• CVE-2022-35747
• CVE-2022-35748
• CVE-2022-35749
• CVE-2022-35750
• CVE-2022-35751
• CVE-2022-35752
• CVE-2022-35753
• CVE-2022-35754
• CVE-2022-35755
• CVE-2022-35756
• CVE-2022-35757
• CVE-2022-35758
• CVE-2022-35760
• CVE-2022-35761
• CVE-2022-35762
• CVE-2022-35763
• CVE-2022-35764
• CVE-2022-35765
• CVE-2022-35766
• CVE-2022-35767
• CVE-2022-35768
• CVE-2022-35771
• CVE-2022-35772
• CVE-2022-35773
• CVE-2022-35774
• CVE-2022-35775
• CVE-2022-35776
• CVE-2022-35777
• CVE-2022-35779
• CVE-2022-35780
• CVE-2022-35781
• CVE-2022-35782
• CVE-2022-35783
• CVE-2022-35784
• CVE-2022-35785
• CVE-2022-35786
• CVE-2022-35787
• CVE-2022-35788
• CVE-2022-35789
• CVE-2022-35790
• CVE-2022-35791
• CVE-2022-35792
• CVE-2022-35793
• CVE-2022-35794
• CVE-2022-35795
• CVE-2022-35796
• CVE-2022-35797
• CVE-2022-35799
• CVE-2022-35800
• CVE-2022-35801
• CVE-2022-35802
• CVE-2022-35804
• CVE-2022-35806
• CVE-2022-35807
• CVE-2022-35808
• CVE-2022-35809
• CVE-2022-35810
• CVE-2022-35811
• CVE-2022-35812
• CVE-2022-35813
• CVE-2022-35814
• CVE-2022-35815
• CVE-2022-35816
• CVE-2022-35817
• CVE-2022-35818
• CVE-2022-35819
• CVE-2022-35820
• CVE-2022-35821
• CVE-2022-35824
• CVE-2022-35825
• CVE-2022-35826
• CVE-2022-35827

Known Issues

You can see these in more detail from the Deployments tab by selecting Known Issues column in the Edit Columns panel.

For more information about Windows Known Issues, please see  Windows message center (links to currently-supported versions of Windows are in the left pane).

KB Article	Applies To
5012170	Windows 11, Secure Boot Standalone
5016616	Windows 10, version 20H2, Windows Server, version 20H2, Windows 10, version 21H1, Windows 10, version 21H2
5016623	Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Server 2019
5016627	Windows Server 2022
5016629	Windows 11
5016669	Windows Server 2008 (Monthly Rollup)
5016676	Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5016679	Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Security-only update)
5016686	Windows Server 2008 (Security-only update)

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