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Microsoft has announced the security updates for July 2022.





July 2022 Security Updates

Updates this Month

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

  • AMD CPU Branch
  • Azure Site Recovery
  • Azure Storage Library
  • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
  • Microsoft Graphics Component
  • Microsoft Office
  • Open Source Software
  • Role: DNS Server
  • Role: Windows Fax Service
  • Role: Windows Hyper-V
  • Skype for Business and Microsoft Lync
  • Windows Active Directory
  • Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call
  • Windows BitLocker
  • Windows Boot Manager
  • Windows Client/Server Runtime Subsystem
  • Windows Connected Devices Platform Service
  • Windows Credential Guard
  • Windows Fast FAT Driver
  • Windows Fax and Scan Service
  • Windows Group Policy
  • Windows IIS
  • Windows Kernel
  • Windows Media
  • Windows Network File System
  • Windows Performance Counters
  • Windows Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
  • Windows Portable Device Enumerator Service
  • Windows Print Spooler Components
  • Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime
  • Windows Security Account Manager
  • Windows Server Service
  • Windows Shell
  • Windows Storage
  • XBox

Please note the following information regarding the security updates:

Security Update Guide Blog Posts

Date Blog Post
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 FAQsMitigations and Workarounds columns in the Edit Columns panel.

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
5015807 Windows 10, version 20H2, Windows Server, version 20H2, Windows 10, version 21H1, Windows 10, version 21H2
5015811 Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Server 2019
5015814 Windows 11
5015827 Windows Server 2022
5015861 Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5015862 Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Security-only update)
5015863 Windows Server 2012 (Monthly Rollup)
5015866 Windows Server 2008 (Monthly Rollup)
5015870 Windows Server 2008 (Security-only update)
5015874 Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5015875 Windows Server 2012 (Security-only update)
5015877 Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Security-only update)
Win10

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