Microsoft has announced the security updates for December 2023.
December 2023 Security Updates
This release consists of the following 36 Microsoft CVEs:
Tag CVE Base Score Workarounds? Mitigations? Windows Media CVE-2023-21740 7.8 No No Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-35618 9.6 No No Microsoft Office Outlook CVE-2023-35619 5.3 No No Microsoft Dynamics CVE-2023-35621 7.5 No No Microsoft Windows DNS CVE-2023-35622 7.5 No No Azure Connected Machine Agent CVE-2023-35624 7.3 No No Azure Machine Learning CVE-2023-35625 4.7 No No Windows MSHTML Platform CVE-2023-35628 8.1 No No Windows USB Mass Storage Class Driver CVE-2023-35629 6.8 No No Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) CVE-2023-35630 8.8 No No Windows Win32K CVE-2023-35631 7.8 No No Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) CVE-2023-35632 7.8 No No Windows Kernel CVE-2023-35633 7.8 No No Microsoft Bluetooth Driver CVE-2023-35634 8.0 No No Windows Kernel CVE-2023-35635 5.5 No No Microsoft Office Outlook CVE-2023-35636 6.5 No No Windows DHCP Server CVE-2023-35638 7.5 No No Windows ODBC Driver CVE-2023-35639 8.8 No No Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) CVE-2023-35641 8.8 No No Windows Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) CVE-2023-35642 6.5 No No Windows DHCP Server CVE-2023-35643 7.5 No No Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers CVE-2023-35644 7.8 No No XAML Diagnostics CVE-2023-36003 6.7 No No Windows DPAPI (Data Protection Application Programming Interface) CVE-2023-36004 7.5 No No Windows Telephony Server CVE-2023-36005 7.5 No No Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL CVE-2023-36006 8.8 No No Microsoft Office Word CVE-2023-36009 5.5 No No Windows Defender CVE-2023-36010 7.5 No No Windows Win32K CVE-2023-36011 7.8 No No Windows DHCP Server CVE-2023-36012 5.3 No No Microsoft Power Platform Connector CVE-2023-36019 9.6 No Yes Microsoft Dynamics CVE-2023-36020 7.6 No No Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) CVE-2023-36391 7.8 No No Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver CVE-2023-36696 7.8 No No Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-36880 4.8 No No Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-38174 4.3 No No We are republishing 6 non-Microsoft CVEs:
CNA Tag CVE FAQs? Workarounds? Mitigations? Chrome Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-6508 Yes No No Chrome Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-6509 Yes No No Chrome Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-6510 Yes No No Chrome Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-6511 Yes No No Chrome Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-6512 Yes No No AMD Chipsets CVE-2023-20588 Yes No No Security Update Guide Blog Posts
Date Blog Post January 11, 2022 Coming Soon: New Security Update Guide Notification System February 9, 2021 Continuing to Listen: Good News about the Security Update Guide API January 13, 2021 Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners December 8, 2020 Security Update Guide: Let’s keep the conversation going November 9, 2020 Vulnerability Descriptions in the New Version of the Security Update Guide Relevant Resources
- The new Hotpatching feature is now generally available. Please see Hotpatching feature for Windows Server Azure Edition virtual machines (VMs) for more information.
- Windows 10 updates are cumulative. The monthly security release includes all security fixes for vulnerabilities that affect Windows 10, in addition to non-security updates. The updates are available via the Microsoft Update Catalog. For information on lifecycle and support dates for Windows 10 operating systems, please see Windows Lifecycle Facts Sheet.
- Microsoft is improving Windows Release Notes. For more information, please see What's next for Windows release notes.
- A list of the latest servicing stack updates for each operating system can be found in ADV990001. This list will be updated whenever a new servicing stack update is released. It is important to install the latest servicing stack update.
- In addition to security changes for the vulnerabilities, updates include defense-in-depth updates to help improve security-related features.
- Customers running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 need to purchase the Extended Security Update to continue receiving security updates. See 4522133 for more information.
Known Issues
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KB Article Applies To 5033369 Windows 11, version 21H2 5033371 Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Server 2019 5033372 Windows 10, version 21H2, Windows 10, version 22H2 5033375 Windows 11, version 22H2, Windows 11, version 23H2 5033422 Windows Server 2008 (Monthly Rollup) 5033424 Windows Server 2008 R2 (Security-only update) 5033427 Windows Server 2008 (Security-only update) 5033433 Windows Server 2008 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
