Microsoft releases the October 2022 Security updates for all its versions of Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, and Windows 8.1. These security patches are readily available in Microsoft Update Catalog and you may download them by selecting your system architecture. In this post, we have put down the entire list along with the improvements that they include, and known issues which might occur after installing them.
Windows Security Updates September 2022 Summary
October 2022 Security updates for Windows PC
October 2022 Security updates are now available for all versions of Windows 11, 10, 7, and 8.1. As usual, Microsoft has also released new servicing stack updates, .NET Framework updates, and Office updates for its pre-existing versions. Let’s know about their next OS Build number, release notes, and key changes that come along with them.
1] Windows 11, version 22h2
- OS Build: 22621.674
- Release Note: KB5018427
Key Highlights:
- Improves the security of the whole operating system.
- Includes improvements that were a part of update KB5017389 (released September 30, 2022).
Direct Download Page for different architectures: Microsoft Update Catalog
2] Windows 11, version 21h2
- OS Build: 22000.1098
- Release Note: KB5018418
Key Highlights:
- Improves the security of the whole operating system.
- Includes improvements that were a part of update KB5017389 (released September 30, 2022).
Direct Download Page for different architectures: Microsoft Update Catalog
3] Windows 10 21h2, 21h1, and 20h2
- OS Build: 19044.2130, 19043.2130, 19042.2130
- Release Note: KB5018410
Key Highlights:
- Contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality.
- Includes improvements that were a part of update KB5017380 (released September 20, 2022).
- No additional issues were documented for this release.
Direct Download Page for different architectures: Microsoft Update Catalog
4] Windows 10, version 1809
- OS Build: 17763.3532
- Release Note: KB5018419
Key Highlights:
- Addresses an issue that affects a task you schedule to run every two weeks. Despite this setting, the scheduled task runs every week.
- Contains miscellaneous security improvements to internal OS functionality.
Known Issue on it:
- After installing this cumulative update, the Cluster Service might fail to start because a Cluster Network Driver is not found.
Direct Download Page for different architectures: Microsoft Update Catalog
5] Windows 10 1607
- OS Build: 14393.5427
- Release Note: KB5018411
Key Highlights:
- Improves the security of the whole operating system.
- Introduces a Group Policy that enables and disables Microsoft HTML Application (MSHTA) files.
- Updates the start date for daylight saving time in Chile. It will start on September 11, 2022, instead of on September 4, 2022.
- Addresses an issue that affects a primary Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) node. It might fail to register or update its heartbeat. Because of this, the node is removed from the farm.
- Resolves an issue that affects a Server Message Block (SMB) multichannel connection. This issue might cause a Blue Screen Error 13A or C2.
- Works upon and resolves an issue affecting robocopy. This issue occurs when you use the backup option (/B) to migrate or synchronize data to Azure Files. This problem also happens when you use this backup option (/B) to address data loss and the source location contains tiered files with Azure File Sync or tiered files with Cloud Files.
Microsoft has not documented any known issue associated with this security patch to Windows 10 1607.
Direct Download Page for different architectures: Microsoft Update Catalog
6] Windows 10 1507 (Initial version)
- OS Build: 10240.19507
- Release Note: KB5018425
Key Changes:
- Improves the security of the whole operating system.
- Introduces a Group Policy that enables and disables Microsoft HTML Application (MSHTA) files.
- Updates the start date for daylight saving time in Chile. It will start on September 11, 2022, instead of on September 4, 2022.
Note: Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues with this update.
Direct Download Page for different architectures: Microsoft Update Catalog
7] Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
Key Changes:
- Addresses an issue that leads to User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packet drops from Linux virtual machines (VMs).
- Updates daylight saving time (DST) in Chile to start on September 11, 2022, instead of September 4, 2022.
Direct Download Links to KB5018476 & KB5018474
8] Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Key Changes:
- Addresses an issue that leads to User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packet drops from Linux virtual machines (VMs).
- Updates daylight saving time (DST) in Chile to start on September 11, 2022, instead of September 4, 2022.
Direct Download Links to KB5018454 & KB5018479
Download and Install October 2022 Security updates
Alternatively, you may also download and upgrade your operating system to October 2022 Update via Windows Update. To do so, launch Settings, go to Windows Update, and hit Check for updates.
The system will connect to Microsoft servers online and download/install the pending updates on your device.
Microsoft Windows Server Security updates
Here’s a list of all October 2022 Windows Server updates –
- KB5017316 – Sept 2022, Cumulative Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems
- KB5018419 – Oct 2022, Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2019 and Windows 10 Version 1809
- KB5018411 – Oct 2022, Cumulative Update for Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 version 1607
- KB5018457 – Oct 2022, Monthly Rollup for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard
- KB5018474 – Oct 2022, Monthly Rollup for Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Enterprise, and Windows Embedded 8.1 Industry Pro.
- KB5018478 – Oct 2022, Security-only update for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Embedded 8 Standard
- KB5018446 – Oct 2022, Quality Update for Windows Server 2008
- KB5018450 – Oct 2022, Monthly Rollup for Windows Server 2008
If you would like to upgrade your Windows Server, visit the respective link and scroll down to the Install this update section. You will see a link to the Microsoft Update catalog there. Click on that and you have the required file to upgrade your Windows Server.
Servicing Stack Updates
Here, we will see all the available SSU updates for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2. The rest versions of Windows 10 and others are still on the previous servicing stack update versions.
- KB5018922 – Servicing stack update for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft Office updates
- For updates on Office 2016 or Office 2013, visit this site.
.NET Framework Updates
This section includes all the latest .NET Frameworks for different versions of Windows 10 and 11 that are released on 13th Sept 2022.
- KB5017271 – Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8.1 for Windows 11, version 22H2
- KB5018541 – Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Microsoft server operating system version 22H2
That’s it.