Security News > 2023 > February > VMware, Windows 11 shafted by Windows Server 2022

Microsoft is sorting through two issues with Windows Server 2022 that affect VMware virtual machines and updates not getting passed on to Windows 11 devices.

Both problems are related to the KB5022842 security update to Windows Server 2022 rolled out February 14 and will spread their share of headaches to users.

For now, VMware is recommending organizations update the ESXi Host where the affected VM is running to ESXi 8.0, disable the Secure Boot on the VMs, and not install the KB5022842 patch on Windows Server 2022 VMs until the issue is fixed.

Updates released on February 14 or later might not make their way from some Windows Server Update Services servers to devices running Windows 11 version 22H2. "The updates will download to the WSUS server but might not propagate further to client devices," Microsoft warned.

The affected WSUS servers are only those running Windows Server 2022 that have been updated from Windows Server 2016 or 2019.

"This issue is caused by the accidental removal of required Unified Update Platform MIME types during the upgrade to Windows Server 2022 from a previous version of Windows Server," the vendor wrote, adding that it could impact security or feature updates for the latest version of Windows 11.

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