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Microsoft April 2023 Patch Tuesday Highlights: everything you need to know

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Microsoft April 2023 Patch Tuesday Highlights: everything you need to know

Microsoft released patches in April 2023 addressing multiple critical vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-28252, an elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability being exploited in active attacks, and CVE-2023-21554, a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw. Organizations are advised to prioritize patching these issues immediately.

Why it matters: All Windows environments running unpatched systems are at immediate risk of compromise from active exploitation of CVE-2023-28252 and potential RCE attacks via CVE-2023-21554, requiring urgent patching.

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Microsoft April 2023 Patch Tuesday Highlights: everything you need to know

Microsoft released patches in April 2023 addressing multiple critical vulnerabilities, including CVE-2023-28252, an elevation of privilege (EoP) vulnerability being exploited in active attacks, and CVE-2023-21554, a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw. Organizations are advised to prioritize patching these issues immediately.

Why it matters: All Windows environments running unpatched systems are at immediate risk of compromise from active exploitation of CVE-2023-28252 and potential RCE attacks via CVE-2023-21554, requiring urgent patching.

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