Tuesday 13 December 2022

December 2022: is it safe to deploy?

What Microsoft fixed, how urgent it is, and whether anything broke, per Windows version, from Microsoft's release tables, release health, MSRC, CISA, and what the community reports.

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Evidence incomplete

December 2022: public evidence is incomplete.

The CVEs it fixes are unknown; no open known issues found in the current public evidence; out-of-band fixes followed on 20 Dec.

MSRC's December 2022 security update document isn't collected.

ChangeIntel's reading of public signals, not advice; check Microsoft's guidance and test before you deploy. Terms

Microsoft CVEs: Unknown
Exploited fixed: Unknown
In CISA KEV: Unknown
Open known issues: 0
Out-of-band: 2

What to deploy, per Windows version

Mark each version deployed or not for you

All 12 versions:Urgency: UnknownMSRC's December 2022 document isn't collected, so the CVEs it fixes are unknownNo known issues linked to this update were identified in the collected Windows release health data

Windows version	Verdict	Update	Risk	Why
Win 11 22H2	Superseded	KB5021255 B 13 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5066793 (security update, 14 Oct), which includes its fixes +1 more
Win 11 21H2	Superseded	KB5021234 B 13 Dec	Low	Superseded by KB5044280 (security update, 8 Oct), which includes its fixes +1 more
Win 10 22H2	Superseded	KB5021233 B 13 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5131096 (security update, 10 Nov), which includes its fixes +1 more
Win 10 21H2	Superseded	KB5021233 B 13 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5131096 (security update, 10 Nov), which includes its fixes +1 more
Win 10 21H1	Evidence incomplete	KB5021233 B 13 Dec	Low	Released 1430 days ago
Win 10 20H2	Superseded	KB5021233 B 13 Dec	Low	Superseded by KB5026361 (security update, 9 May), which includes its fixes +1 more
Win 10 1809	Superseded	KB5022554 OOB 20 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5131085 (security update, 10 Nov), which includes its fixes +2 more
Win 10 1607	Superseded	KB5021235 B 13 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5131291 (security update, 10 Nov), which includes its fixes +1 more
Win 10 1507 (RTM)	Superseded	KB5021243 B 13 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5065430 (security update, 9 Sep), which includes its fixes +1 more
Server 2022	Superseded	KB5022553 OOB 20 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5131090 (security update, 10 Nov), which includes its fixes +2 more
Server 2019	Superseded	KB5022554 OOB 20 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5131085 (security update, 10 Nov), which includes its fixes +2 more
Server 2016	Superseded	KB5021235 B 13 Dec	Moderate	Superseded by KB5131291 (security update, 10 Nov), which includes its fixes +1 more

Verdicts read public signals for each update: fixed CVEs and their exploitation, known issues, and out-of-band follow-ups. Open an update for every reason and its builds.