Description of the security update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016: October 11, 2022 (KB5002287)

Summary

This security update resolves a Microsoft SharePoint Server remote code execution vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerability, see the following security advisories:

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-41036
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-41037
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-41038
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-38053

Notes:

• This is build 16.0.5365.1000 of the security update package.
• To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 installed on the computer.

This public update delivers Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2016. Feature Pack 2 contains the following feature:

• SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
  This public update also delivers all the features that were included in Feature Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2016, including:
• Administrative Actions Logging
• MinRole enhancements
• SharePoint Custom Tiles
• Hybrid Taxonomy
• OneDrive API for SharePoint on-premises
• OneDrive for Business modern user experience (available to Software Assurance customers)
  The OneDrive for Business modern user experience requires an active Software Assurance contract at the time that the experience is enabled, either by installation of the public update or by manual enablement. If you don’t have an active Software Assurance contract at the time of enablement, you must turn off the OneDrive for Business modern user experience.For more information, see the following Microsoft Docs articles:
• New features included in the November 2016 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 1)
• New features included in the September 2017 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 2)

Improvements and fixes

This security update improves the least-privileged configuration of the SharePoint farm service account in Microsoft SQL Server in SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016.

Known issues in this update

• This update might affect some SharePoint 2010 workflow scenarios. It also generates “6ksbk” event tags in SharePoint Unified Logging System (ULS) logs. For more information, see SharePoint 2010 workflows might be blocked by enhanced security policy (KB5020238).
• You may experience an issue in which you cannot delete a web application. For more information, see “Sorry, something went wrong” error when you delete a web application (KB5031287).

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the standalone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

• Download security update 5002287 for the 64-bit version of SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016

More information

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see Deployments - Security Update Guide.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update 5002269.

File hash information

File name	SHA256 hash
sts2016-kb5002287-fullfile-x64-glb.exe	78370E677EBFFE60737DB10993DAB8B20409D15977B07DDA39A92C72146EE6C7

File information

Download the list of files that are included in security update 5002287.

Information about protection and security

Protect yourself online: Windows Security supportLearn how we guard against cyber threats: Microsoft Security

Change history

The following table summarizes some of the most important changes to this topic.Date	Description
September 10, 2023	Added a second item to the “Known issues in this update” section.