Microsoft is starting to release Patch Tuesday from main 2023. On the program, bug fixes and security vulnerabilities for Windows 10 and Windows 11, but also some small accessory news.
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft began deploying its monthly Patch Tuesday on May 9, 2023, this famous set of patches that the publisher traditionally releases on the second Tuesday of each month, not only to fix bugs, but also, and above all, to fill security vulnerabilities recently identified and, sometimes, already exploited by hackers. Band-aids that are generally best applied without delay to avoid worries. But this rule has exceptions, as with the April 2023 Patch Tuesday which caused various problems, the remedy being sometimes worse than the disease (see our article). While it is difficult to comment now on the quality and consequences of the May 2023 delivery, we know that it corrects around forty flaws in Windows – half in Windows 10, half in Windows 11 –, some of which are qualified as criticism.
Without going into overly technical considerations that only interest experts, the plugged vulnerabilities concern protocols and services used by Windows and other Microsoft products such as Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.), Teams, Visual Studio Code, but also the Windows Remote Desktop client, the Windows Installer module or the Bluetooth driver. All the details are given on the sheets associated with the references of the vulnerabilities, namely CVE-2023-24903, CVE-2023-29325, CVE-2023-24943, CVE-2023-28283, CVE-2023-24903, CVE-2023-29325, CVE-2023-24943, CVE-2023-28283 et al – Microsoft releases details on a dedicated page.
Patch Tuesday May 2023: a bonus feature for Windows 11
Very curiously, Microsoft also took the opportunity to add a small function to Windows 11, in the form of small icon animations in the taskbar, especially for widgets. A pure visual gadget which should make the Desktop a little more lively but which will not change the face of the world… This little surprise bonus is added to a more practical function which appeared in a recent update which allows, thanks to a switch in Windows Update, to receive updates as soon as they are available, without waiting (see our article).
New patched versions of Windows bear the names of KB5026361 for Windows 10 21H2 and 22H2, KB5026368 for Windows 11 21H2 and KB5026372 for Windows 11 22H2. If they can be downloaded and installed manually, the safest thing to do is to wait for them to appear naturally in Windows Update, possibly clicking on the Check for updates button to make them appear. In view of the damage caused by the previous Patch Tuesday, and even if the risks remain limited, it is better not to rush…