The Microsoft March 2024 security updates have been released and consist of 59 new patches. In addition, 5 non-Chromium updates are included, bringing the total number of CVEs to 64.
Of the CVEs released, 2 are rated critical and 57 are rated important in security. At the time of release, none of the CVEs are listed as being publicly known or under active attack.
The security updates apply to the following products, features and roles: Microsoft Windows and Windows Components; Office and Office Components; Azure; .NET Framework and Visual Studio; SQL Server; Windows Hyper-V; Skype; Microsoft Components for Android; and Microsoft Dynamics.
See the list of KBs at the bottom of the page at
March 2024 Security Updates - Release Notes - Security Update Guide - Microsoft for information regarding known issues with the security updates as well as the CVEs with FAQs, Mitigations and/or Workarounds. For specific information on Windows 11, versions 23H2 and 22H2, see
KB5035853. For Windows 10, Version 22H2 see
KB5035845.
Recommended Reading: See Dustin Childs review and analysis in
Zero Day Initiative -- The March 2024 Security Update Review.
