November 14, 2023—KB5032198 (OS Build 20348.2113)

Improvements

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

• This update supports daylight saving time (DST) changes in Syria. To learn more, see Interim guidance for Syria DST changes 2022.

• This update addresses an issue that affects UI Automation and caching mode.

• This update affects Windows Autopilot profiles. The process to download the Windows Autopilot policy is more resilient. This helps when a network connection might not be fully initialized. This update increases the retry attempts when you try to download the Windows Autopilot profile.  

• This update addresses an issue that causes your device to restart when you do not expect it. This occurs after you restore a system.

• This update affects user mode printer drivers. They unload unexpectedly. This occurs when you print from multiple print queues to the same printer driver.

• This update addresses an issue that affects Xenon or Argon containers. They do not start.

• This update affects Windows Server: Azure Edition. It is easier to view attestation failure notifications.

• This update addresses an issue that affects an Application Virtualization (App-V) environment. Copy operations within it stop working. This occurs after you install the April 2023 update.

• This update addresses an issue that blocks external connections. This occurs when you set up a Kubernetes load balanced service and turn on session affinity.

• This update addresses an issue that affects NCryptGetProperty(). Calling it with NCRYPT_KEY_TYPE_PROPERTY returns 0x1 instead of 0x20. This occurs when the key is a machine key.

• 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 Windows LAPS. Its PasswordExpirationProtectionEnabled policy fails to turn on the setting.

• This update addresses an issue that affects the refsutil.exe inbox utility. Options, like salvage and leak, do not work well on Resilient File System (ReFS) volumes.

• This update addresses an issue that might affect a large reparse point. You might get a stop error when you use NTFS to access it. This issue occurs after a canceled FSCTL Set operation changes the reparse tag.

• This update addresses an issue that affects a machine that is used as a remote desktop session (RDS) host. An RDR_FILE_SYSTEM (0x27) stop error occurs. Because of this, everyone that uses RDS starts up from this machine.

• This update addresses a known issue that affects virtual machines (VMs) that run on VMware ESXi hosts. Windows Server 2022 might fail to start up. The affected VMs will receive an error with a blue screen and a stop code: PNP DETECTED FATAL ERROR.

If you installed earlier updates, only the new updates contained in this package will be downloaded and installed on your device.

For more information about security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide and the November 2023 Security Updates.

Windows Server 2022 servicing stack update - 20348.2084

This update makes quality improvements to the servicing stack, which is the component that installs Windows updates. Servicing stack updates (SSU) ensure that you have a robust and reliable servicing stack so that your devices can receive and install Microsoft updates.

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.

Install this update

File Information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for cumulative update 5032198. 

For a list of the files that are provided in the servicing stack update, download the file information for the SSU - version 20348.2084.