Microsoft May 2022 Security Updates

Updates this Month

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

• .NET and Visual Studio

• Microsoft Exchange Server

• Microsoft Graphics Component

• Microsoft Local Security Authority Server (lsasrv)

• Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Office Excel

• Microsoft Office SharePoint

• Microsoft Windows ALPC

• Remote Desktop Client

• Role: Windows Fax Service

• Role: Windows Hyper-V

• Self-hosted Integration Runtime

• Tablet Windows User Interface

• Visual Studio

• Visual Studio Code

• Windows Active Directory

• Windows Address Book

• Windows Authentication Methods

• Windows BitLocker

• Windows Cluster Shared Volume (CSV)

• Windows Failover Cluster Automation Server

• Windows Kerberos

• Windows Kernel

• Windows LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

• Windows Media

• Windows Network File System

• Windows NTFS

• Windows Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol

• Windows Print Spooler Components

• Windows Push Notifications

• Windows Remote Access Connection Manager

• Windows Remote Desktop

• Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime

• Windows Server Service

• Windows Storage Spaces Controller

• Windows WLAN Auto Config Service

Please note the following information regarding the security updates:

Security Update Guide Blog Posts

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-2022-21972

• CVE-2022-21978

• CVE-2022-22011

• CVE-2022-22012

• CVE-2022-22015

• CVE-2022-22016

• CVE-2022-22017

• CVE-2022-22019

• CVE-2022-22713

• CVE-2022-23270

• CVE-2022-23279

• CVE-2022-24466

• CVE-2022-26913

• CVE-2022-26923

• CVE-2022-26925

• CVE-2022-26926

• CVE-2022-26927

• CVE-2022-26930

• CVE-2022-26931

• CVE-2022-26932

• CVE-2022-26933

• CVE-2022-26934

• CVE-2022-26935

• CVE-2022-26936

• CVE-2022-26937

• CVE-2022-26938

• CVE-2022-26939

• CVE-2022-26940

• CVE-2022-29102

• CVE-2022-29106

• CVE-2022-29107

• CVE-2022-29108

• CVE-2022-29109

• CVE-2022-29110

• CVE-2022-29112

• CVE-2022-29113

• CVE-2022-29114

• CVE-2022-29115

• CVE-2022-29116

• CVE-2022-29120

• CVE-2022-29121

• CVE-2022-29122

• CVE-2022-29123

• CVE-2022-29125

• CVE-2022-29126

• CVE-2022-29127

• CVE-2022-29128

• CVE-2022-29129

• CVE-2022-29130

• CVE-2022-29131

• CVE-2022-29133

• CVE-2022-29134

• CVE-2022-29135

• CVE-2022-29138

• CVE-2022-29139

• CVE-2022-29140

• CVE-2022-29142

• CVE-2022-29148

• CVE-2022-29150

• CVE-2022-29151

• CVE-2022-29972

• CVE-2022-30129

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).