Security News > 2023 > November > November 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: Year 21 begins

The October forecast for large numbers of CVEs addressed in Windows 10 and 11 and the recent record on the number fixed in Windows Server 2012 was spot on! Microsoft addressed 75 CVEs in Windows 11, 80 in Windows 10, and 61 in Server 2012 R2. While Server 2012 and Server 2012 R2 may be in good shape for the short term, please don't count on it for long, and don't forget they are moving into Extended Security Updates this month.

Software updates across the board had been haphazard and happenstance until that second Tuesday in October 2003.

Microsoft decided to provide some predictability to their software releases with the announcement of regularly scheduled updates, and it soon spawned the start of a patch management process.

November 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast Expect a smaller number of CVEs addressed next week in the Microsoft operating systems after the big push last month.

Apple released security updates for Sonoma, Ventura, and iOS this week so ensure you factor them into your patch deployment for next week if you haven't already.

Continue to fight the good fight next week as year 21 of Patch Tuesdays begins.

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