Security News > 2022 > March > March 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Pressure mounts to resolve vulnerabilities

Not only did we see record low numbers of vulnerabilities addressed across all of Microsoft's operating systems, but we also saw for the first time in my experience that all the updates were only rated Important.

After the reissuing of updates in January, we expected fewer CVEs would be addressed as Microsoft focused on stable updates in February, but this was unprecedented.

Little did we know the security environment could change so much in one month - after an easy set of updates in February, we need to provide heightened awareness this month, installing security updates quickly and efficiently.

March 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast Expect a much larger set of CVEs addressed this month as Microsoft digs into the backlog after a small release last month.

There were Valentine's security updates for Safari, macOS Catalina, Big Sur and Monterey, and iOS so unless something critical appears expect a quiet week from Apple.

Mozilla has released on the last two Patch Tuesdays so expect updates for Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird next week.

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