The security updates for February 2023 have been released by Microsoft.

February 2023 Security Updates

Updates this Month

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

• .NET and Visual Studio
• .NET Framework
• 3D Builder
• Azure App Service
• Azure Data Box Gateway
• Azure DevOps
• Azure Machine Learning
• HoloLens
• Internet Storage Name Service
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Microsoft Defender for IoT
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft Graphics Component
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Office OneNote
• Microsoft Office Publisher
• Microsoft Office SharePoint
• Microsoft Office Word
• Microsoft PostScript Printer Driver
• Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL
• Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
• Power BI
• SQL Server
• Visual Studio
• Windows Active Directory
• Windows ALPC
• Windows Common Log File System Driver
• Windows Cryptographic Services
• Windows Distributed File System (DFS)
• Windows Fax and Scan Service
• Windows HTTP.sys
• Windows Installer
• Windows iSCSI
• Windows Kerberos
• Windows MSHTML Platform
• Windows ODBC Driver
• Windows Protected EAP (PEAP)
• Windows SChannel
• Windows Win32K

Please note the following information regarding the security updates:

Security Update Guide Blog Posts

Date	Blog Post
January 6, 2023	Publishing CBL-Mariner CVEs on the Security Update Guide CVRF API
December 29, 2022	Security Update Guide Improvement – Representing Hotpatch Updates
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-2019-15126
• CVE-2023-21528
• CVE-2023-21529
• CVE-2023-21553
• CVE-2023-21564
• CVE-2023-21566
• CVE-2023-21567
• CVE-2023-21568
• CVE-2023-21570
• CVE-2023-21571
• CVE-2023-21572
• CVE-2023-21573
• CVE-2023-21684
• CVE-2023-21685
• CVE-2023-21686
• CVE-2023-21687
• CVE-2023-21688
• CVE-2023-21689
• CVE-2023-21690
• CVE-2023-21691
• CVE-2023-21692
• CVE-2023-21693
• CVE-2023-21694
• CVE-2023-21695
• CVE-2023-21697
• CVE-2023-21699
• CVE-2023-21700
• CVE-2023-21703
• CVE-2023-21704
• CVE-2023-21705
• CVE-2023-21706
• CVE-2023-21707
• CVE-2023-21710
• CVE-2023-21713
• CVE-2023-21714
• CVE-2023-21715
• CVE-2023-21716
• CVE-2023-21717
• CVE-2023-21718
• CVE-2023-21720
• CVE-2023-21721
• CVE-2023-21722
• CVE-2023-21777
• CVE-2023-21778
• CVE-2023-21794
• CVE-2023-21797
• CVE-2023-21798
• CVE-2023-21799
• CVE-2023-21800
• CVE-2023-21801
• CVE-2023-21802
• CVE-2023-21803
• CVE-2023-21804
• CVE-2023-21805
• CVE-2023-21806
• CVE-2023-21807
• CVE-2023-21808
• CVE-2023-21809
• CVE-2023-21812
• CVE-2023-21815
• CVE-2023-21817
• CVE-2023-21820
• CVE-2023-21822
• CVE-2023-21823
• CVE-2023-23374
• CVE-2023-23376
• CVE-2023-23377
• CVE-2023-23378
• CVE-2023-23379
• CVE-2023-23381
• CVE-2023-23382
• CVE-2023-23390

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
5022083	Change in how WPF-based applications render XPS documents
5022834	Windows 10, version 20H2, Windows 10, version 21H2, Windows 10, version 22H2
5022840	Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Server 2019
5022845	Windows 11 version 22H2
5022872	Windows Server 2008 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5022874	Windows Server 2008 R2 (Security-only update)
5022890	Windows Server 2008 (Monthly Rollup)
5022893	Windows Server 2008 (Security-only update)
5022894	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Security-only update)
5022895	Windows Server 2012 (Security-only update)
5022899	Windows Server 2012 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5022903	Windows Server 2012 (Monthly Rollup)

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center