Microsoft January 2022 Security Updates

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The Microsoft January 2022 security updates have been released and consist of 96 CVEs. Of these CVEs, 9 are rated Critical, and 89 are rated Important severity. At the time of release, six are listed as publicly known but none are listed as under active exploit.

The updates apply to a very long list of products, available here. Additionally announced in the Release Notes is a new notification system. See Coming Soon: A Brand-New Notification System!

See the KBs listed at January 2022 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.

Recommended Reading: See Dustin Childs review and analysis in Zero Day Initiative -- The January 2022 Security Update Review.
 

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