It’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday! Microsoft has released today security updates for all supported versions of Windows, including the brand new Windows 11, version 23H2!
If you’re already running Windows 11, version 23H2 on your PC, you should now be seeing the KB5036893 patch waiting for you in Windows Update. The update arrives with security updates and quality improvements!
➤ SECURITY UPDATE GUIDE:
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Highlights
Copilot in Windows (in preview)
Lock screen
Settings
Audio
Taskbar
Voice access
Narrator
Windows share
Nearby Share
Casting
Snap Layouts
Windows 365 Boot
Windows 365 Switch
Improvements
This security update includes improvements that were a part of update KB5035942 (released March 26, 2024). When you install this KB:
● This update makes miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality. No additional issues were documented for this release.
SECURITY AT THE TOP!
Today is Microsoft’s April 2024 Patch Tuesday, which includes security updates for 150 flaws and sixty-seven remote code execution bugs.
Only three critical vulnerabilities were fixed as part of today’s Patch Tuesday, but there are over sixty-seven remote code execution bugs. More than half of the RCE flaws are found within Microsoft SQL drivers, likely sharing a common flaw.
There were also fixes for twenty-six Secure Boot bypasses released this month, including two from Lenovo.
The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below:
31 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities
29 Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilities
67 Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
13 Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
7 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
3 Spoofing Vulnerabilities
The total count of 150 flaws does not include 5 Microsoft Edge flaws fixed on April 4th and 2 Mariner flaws. Mariner is an open-source Linux distribution developed by Microsoft for its Microsoft Azure services.
No zero-days fixed
This month’s Patch Tuesday does not contain any fixes for zero-day vulnerabilities disclosed by Microsoft.
SOURCE:
Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues with this update.
➤ DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE MANUALLY:
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