Security News > 2022 > May > In record year for vulnerabilities, Microsoft actually had fewer

Figures from the National Vulnerability Database of the US National Institute of Standards and Technology show last year broke all records for security vulnerabilities.

Just 1,212 vulnerabilities were reported in Microsoft products last year, said BeyondTrust, a 5 percent drop on the previous year.

Critical vulnerabilities in the software plunged 47 percent, with the drop in Windows Server specifically down 50 percent.

The decline in vulnerabilities marks a change for Microsoft.

It's just as well since between 2019 and 2020, there was a 48 percent rise in vulnerabilities year on year.

The decline in Windows vulnerabilities was attributed to Microsoft's efforts to improve the security architecture of its supported products, as was the fall in Windows Server holes.

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