Microsoft has announced the security updates for March 2022.

March 2022 Security Updates

Updates this Month

This release consists of security updates for the following products, features and roles.

• .NET and Visual Studio
• Azure Site Recovery
• Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• Microsoft Defender for IoT
• Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft Intune
• Microsoft Office Visio
• Microsoft Office Word
• Microsoft Windows ALPC
• Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
• Paint 3D
• Role: Windows Hyper-V
• Skype Extension for Chrome
• Tablet Windows User Interface
• Visual Studio Code
• Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock
• Windows CD-ROM Driver
• Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver
• Windows COM
• Windows Common Log File System Driver
• Windows DWM Core Library
• Windows Event Tracing
• Windows Fastfat Driver
• Windows Fax and Scan Service
• Windows HTML Platform
• Windows Installer
• Windows Kernel
• Windows Media
• Windows PDEV
• Windows Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol
• Windows Print Spooler Components
• Windows Remote Desktop
• Windows Security Support Provider Interface
• Windows SMB Server
• Windows Update Stack
• XBox

Please note the following information regarding the security updates:

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 Information

• 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.

FAQs, Mitigations, and Workarounds

The following CVEs have FAQs, Mitigations, or Workarounds. You can see these in more detail from the Vulnerabilities tab by selecting FAQs, Mitigations and Workarounds columns in the Edit Columns panel.

• CVE-2020-8927
• CVE-2022-0789
• CVE-2022-0790
• CVE-2022-0791
• CVE-2022-0792
• CVE-2022-0793
• CVE-2022-0794
• CVE-2022-0795
• CVE-2022-0796
• CVE-2022-0797
• CVE-2022-0798
• CVE-2022-0799
• CVE-2022-0800
• CVE-2022-0801
• CVE-2022-0802
• CVE-2022-0803
• CVE-2022-0804
• CVE-2022-0805
• CVE-2022-0806
• CVE-2022-0807
• CVE-2022-0808
• CVE-2022-0809
• CVE-2022-21967
• CVE-2022-21975
• CVE-2022-21977
• CVE-2022-21990
• CVE-2022-22006
• CVE-2022-22007
• CVE-2022-22010
• CVE-2022-23265
• CVE-2022-23266
• CVE-2022-23277
• CVE-2022-23278
• CVE-2022-23281
• CVE-2022-23282
• CVE-2022-23283
• CVE-2022-23285
• CVE-2022-23286
• CVE-2022-23287
• CVE-2022-23288
• CVE-2022-23294
• CVE-2022-23295
• CVE-2022-23297
• CVE-2022-23298
• CVE-2022-23299
• CVE-2022-23300
• CVE-2022-23301
• CVE-2022-24451
• CVE-2022-24452
• CVE-2022-24453
• CVE-2022-24456
• CVE-2022-24457
• CVE-2022-24460
• CVE-2022-24461
• CVE-2022-24462
• CVE-2022-24463
• CVE-2022-24465
• CVE-2022-24467
• CVE-2022-24468
• CVE-2022-24469
• CVE-2022-24470
• CVE-2022-24471
• CVE-2022-24501
• CVE-2022-24502
• CVE-2022-24503
• CVE-2022-24505
• CVE-2022-24506
• CVE-2022-24508
• CVE-2022-24509
• CVE-2022-24510
• CVE-2022-24511
• CVE-2022-24512
• CVE-2022-24515
• CVE-2022-24517
• CVE-2022-24518
• CVE-2022-24519
• CVE-2022-24520
• CVE-2022-24522
• CVE-2022-24525
• CVE-2022-24526

Known Issues

You can see these in more detail from the Deployments tab by selecting Known Issues column in the Edit Columns panel.

For more information about Windows Known Issues, please see  Windows message center (links to currently-supported versions of Windows are in the left pane).

KB Article	Applies To
5010324	Microsoft Exchange Server 2103
5011487	Windows 10, version 20H2, Windows Server, version 20H2, Windows 10, version 21H1, Windows 10, version 21H2
5011495	Windows 10, version 1607, Windows Server 2016
5011497	Windows Server 2022
5011503	Windows 10, version 1809, Windows Server 2019
5011525	Windows Server 2008 (Security-only update)
5011527	Windows Server 2012 (Security-only update)
5011529	Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Security-only update)
5011534	Windows Server 2008 (Monthly Rollup)
5011535	Windows Server 2012 (Monthly Rollup)
5011552	Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5011560	Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Security-only update)
5011564	Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5012698	Microsoft Exchange Server 2016, 2019

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center