May 9, 2023—KB5026411 (Security-only update)

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Summary

Learn more about this security-only update, including improvements, any known issues, and how to get the update.

NOTES

• Verify that you have installed the required updates listed in the How to get this update section before installing this update.
• For information about the various types of Windows updates, such as critical, security, driver, service packs, and so on, please see the following article. To view other notes and messages, see the Windows Server 2012 update history home page.

Improvements

This update makes improvements for the following issues:

• By order of the Islamic Republic of Iran on September 22, 2022, daylight saving time (DST) will no longer be observed and the republic will remain on Iran Standard Time UTC+03:30.
• Local Kerberos authentication fails if the local Key Distribution Center (KDC) service is stopped. Additionally, all local Kerberos logons fail with the error STATUS_NETLOGON_NOT_STARTED.
• After the Windows Security-only update dated November 8, 2022, is installed, Kerberos constrained delegation (KCD) fails with the error message KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED on Read/Write Domain Controllers.
  For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Deployments | Security Update Guide and the May 2023 Security Updates.

Known issues in this update

We are currently not aware of any issues with this update.

How to get this update

Before installing this updateWe strongly recommend that you install the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system before installing the latest Rollup. SSUs improve the reliability of the update process to mitigate potential issues while installing the Rollup and applying Microsoft security fixes. For general information about SSUs, see Servicing stack updates and Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions.If you use Windows Update, the latest SSU (KB5023791) will be offered to you automatically. To get the standalone package for the latest SSU, search for it in the Microsoft Update Catalog.

REMINDER If you are using Security-only updates, you will also need to install all previous Security-only updates and the latest cumulative update for Internet Explorer (KB5026366).

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update KB5026411.

References

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