May 14, 2024 Security update (KB5037782)

Improvements 

This security update includes quality improvements. When you install this KB: 

• This update addresses an issue that affects IE mode. A webpage stops working as expected when there is an open modal dialog.

• This update addresses an issue in that affects IE mode. It stops responding. This occurs if you press the left arrow key when an empty text box has focus and caret browsing is on.

• This update addresses an issue that affects Wi-Fi Protected Access 3 (WPA3) in the Group Policy editor. HTML preview rendering fails.

• This update addresses an issue that affects a server after you remove it from a domain. The Get-LocalGroupMember cmdlet returns an exception. This occurs if the local groups contain domain members.

• This update affects next secure record 3 (NSEC3) validation in a recursive resolver. Its limit is now 1,000 computations. One computation is equal to the validation of one label with one iteration. DNS Server Administrators can change the default number of computations. To do this, use the registry setting below.

  • Name: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DNS\Parameters\MaxComputationForNsec3Validation

  • Type: DWORD

  • Default: 1000

  • Max: 9600

  • Min: 1 

• This update addresses an issue that affects a network. An error occurs when credentials expire.

• This update addresses an issue that occurs when you use LoadImage() to loada top-down bitmap. If the bitmap has a negative height, the image does not load, and the function returns NULL.

• This update includes quarterly changes to the Windows Kernel Vulnerable Driver Blocklist file, DriverSiPolicy.p7b. It adds to the list of drivers that are at risk for Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks.

• This update addresses an issue that affects a workstation that is not in a domain. When you connect from it to a share and use an IPV6 address, you get the error, “ERROR_BAD_NET_NAME.”

• This update addresses an issue that might affect Virtual Secure Mode (VSM) scenarios. They might fail. These scenarios include VPN, Windows Hello, Credential Guard, and Key Guard.

• This update addresses an issue that affects Group Policy Folder Redirection in a multi-forest deployment. The issue stops you from choosing a group account from the target domain. Because of this, you cannot apply advanced folder redirection settings to that domain. This issue occurs when the target domain has a one-way trust with the domain of the admin user. This issue affects all Enhanced Security Admin Environment (ESAE), Hardened Forests (HF) or Privileged Access Management (PAM) deployments.

• This update affects Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC). The update addresses an issue that might cause some apps to fail when you apply WDAC Application ID policies.

For more information about security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide and the May 2024 Security Updates. 

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Known issues in this update

Microsoft is not currently aware of any issues with this update.

How to get this update

Before installing this update

Microsoft now combines the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system with the latest cumulative update (LCU). For general information about SSUs, see Servicing stack updates and Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions.

To install the LCU on your Azure Stack HCI cluster, see Update Azure Stack HCI clusters.

Install this update

File Information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for cumulative update 5037782.

For a list of the files that are provided in the servicing stack update, download the file information for the SSU - version 20349.2461.