Future patches, such as the upcoming Patch Tuesday updates, will contain these fixes. Users can also manually download the patch from the Update Catalog here. The changelog and documentation for the update are yet to go live.Ĭonsidering that these are security updates to fix a critical vulnerability, they are mandatory updates and are downloaded automatically through Windows Update. Since these versions are based on the same codebase, the updates are identical for all the versions. The update, KB5004945, is currently rolling out to the three most recent Windows 10 versions, 2004, 20H2, and 21H1, bumping them to Windows 10 builds 19041.1083, 19042.1083, and 19043.1083, respectively. Today, the firm has provided an update in the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) listing for the vulnerability noting that it is rolling out a patch for the latest Windows 10 versions to address the issue. As the vulnerability was still being investigated, the Redmond firm listed two possible workarounds to mitigate the risks caused by the bug. The vulnerability, tracked under CVE-2021-34527, is present in the Windows Print Spooler service and is termed print "PrintNightmare" that can allow for remote code execution (RCE). Earlier last week, Microsoft acknowledged that it was investigating a critical vulnerability in Windows 10 that when exploited could let attackers run arbitrary code on the victim’s system.
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