My TechDecisions Podcast Episode 181: December 2022 Patch Tuesday
Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, joins the podcast to talk about Microsoft's December 2022 Patch Tuesday.
On this episode of the My TechDecisions Podcast, we are joined again by Satnam Narang, senior staff research engineer at Tenable, to go over Microsoft’s December 2022 Patch Tuesday.
Microsoft has released 52 new patches this month as part of its December 2022 Patch Tuesday release, including two zero-day vulnerabilities, one of which is being actively exploited.
Of the 52 released, six are rated critical, 43 are rated important and three are rated moderate in severity, according to Zero Day Initiative, which calls this month’s release a light month for Microsoft amid the holidays. According to researchers, this release is the smallest monthly release this year while 2022 overall was Microsoft’s second busiest year ever with over 900 vulnerabilities fixed in total.
While the number of vulnerabilities patched each month varies depending on the researcher, researchers agree that there are two zero-day bugs patched this month, one of which is being actively exploited. However, given the ratings and severity scores, there are a handful that IT admins and security professionals should prioritize.
Consult Microsoft’s security update guide for more information.
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