April 12, 2022—KB5012647 (OS Build 17763.2803)

11/17/20
For information about Windows update terminology, see the article about the types of Windows updates and the monthly quality update types. For an overview of Windows 10, version 1809, see its update history page.

Highlights

• Updates an issue that prevents you from changing a password that has expired when you sign in to a Windows device.
• Updates security for your Windows operating system.

Improvements

This security update includes improvements that were a part of update KB5011551 (released March 15, 2022) and also addresses the following issues:

• Addresses a known issue that causes DNS stub load failures on a Windows Server that is running a DNS Server.
• Addresses an issue that causes a Denial of Service vulnerability on Cluster Shared Volumes (CSV). For more information, see CVE-2020-26784.
• Addresses an issue that prevents you from changing a password that has expired when you sign in to a Windows device.
  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 new Security Update Guide website and the April 2022 Security Updates.

Windows 10 servicing stack update - 17763.2744

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

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1. Uninstall and reinstall any recently added language packs. For instructions, see Manage the input and display language settings in Windows 10.

2. Select Check for Updates and install the April 2019 Cumulative Update. For instructions, see Update Windows 10.Note If reinstalling the language pack does not mitigate the issue, reset your PC as follows:

3. Go to the Settingsapp > Recovery.

4. Select Get Started under theReset this PC recovery option.

5. Select Keep my Files.
   Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide an update in an upcoming release.
   After installing KB5001342 or later, the Cluster Service might fail to start because a Cluster Network Driver is not found.| This issue occurs because of an update to the PnP class drivers used by this service. After about 20 minutes, you should be able to restart your device and not encounter this issue.
   For more information about the specific errors, cause, and workaround for this issue, please see KB5003571.
   After installing updates released January 11, 2022 or later, apps that use the Microsoft .NET Framework to acquire or set Active Directory Forest Trust Information might have issues. The apps might fail or close or you might receive an error from the app or Windows. You might also receive an access violation (0xc0000005) error. Note for developers Affected apps use the System.DirectoryServices API.| To resolve this issue manually, apply the out-of-band updates for the version of the .NET Framework used by the app.Note These out-of-band updates are not available from Windows Update and will not install automatically. To get the standalone package, search for the KB number for your version of Windows and .NET Framework in the Microsoft Update Catalog. You can manually import these updates into Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager. For WSUS instructions, see WSUS and the Catalog Site. For Configuration Manger instructions, see Import updates from the Microsoft Update Catalog. For instructions on how to install this update for your operating system, see the KB articles listed below:

• Windows Server 2022:
  • .NET Framework 4.8 KB5011258
• Windows Server 2019:
  • .NET Framework 4.8 KB5011257
  • .NET Framework 4.7.2 KB5011259
• Windows Server 2016:
  • .NET Framework 4.8 KB5011264
  • .NET Framework 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1 or 4.7.2 KB5011329
• Windows Server 2012 R2:
  • .NET Framework 4.8 KB5011266
  • .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1 or 4.7.2 KB5011263
  • .NET Framework 4.5.2 KB5011261
• Windows Server 2012:
  • .NET Framework 4.8 KB5011265
  • .NET Framework 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1 or 4.7.2 KB5011262
  • .NET Framework 4.5.2 KB5011260
    After installing the Windows updates released January 11, 2022 or later Windows versions on an affected version of Windows, recovery discs (CD or DVD) created by using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app in Control Panel might be unable to start.Recovery discs that were created by using the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) app on devices which have installed Windows updates released before January 11, 2022 are not affected by this issue and should start as expected.NoteNo third-party backup or recovery apps are currently known to be affected by this issue| This issue is addressed in KB5014022.
    Windows server computers might log Event ID 40 in the System event log each time a Group Policy is updated or refreshed on a server or client. The error is found with the Description, ”The event logging service encountered an error when attempting to apply one or more policy settings.” This issue occurs after installing Windows updates released on or after January 11, 2022.The gpupdate and Group Policy Object (GPO) refresh tasks will trigger this error when they run (default run times for these tasks is every 90-120 minutes on member servers or 5 minutes on domain controllers).This issue occurs specifically after you configure any setting underComputer Configuration>Windows Components>Event Log Service>Security. Settings underComputer Configuration>Policies>Windows****Settings >Security Settings>Event Log do not trigger this error and can be used.IMPORTANT The errors described in this issue do not prevent Security log changes from being applied.| This issue is addressed in KB5014022.

How to get this update

If you want to remove the LCUTo remove the LCU after installing the combined SSU and LCU package, use the DISM/Remove-Package command line option with the LCU package name as the argument. You can find the package name by using this command:DISM /online /get-packages.Running Windows Update Standalone Installer (wusa.exe) with the**/uninstall **switch on the combined package will not work because the combined package contains the SSU. You cannot remove the SSU from the system after installation.

File informationFor a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for cumulative update 5012647.For a list of the files that are provided in the servicing stack update, download the file information for the SSU - version 17763.2744.