Microsoft has discovered security vulnerabilities in the Windows 2016 and 2019 operating systems. As a result, Microsoft has released a series of patches, KB5005573 and KB5005568. A third is expected to be released, to repair these vulnerabilities.
Microsoft deems these patches critical. As a result, the company is pushing patches into all AWS EC2 instances running the vulnerable operating systems.
Cloud Inventory® schedules operating system maintenance once a month and deploys operating system patches to all global installations. We do this using a rolling deployment method during non-peak hours within a regional installation. This eliminates the impact on customers.
Unfortunately, these types of critical patches can, and have been, pushed to the system without notice by Microsoft. When this happens, the system can be forced to restart which may cause an unplanned outage.
To mitigate this as much as possible, the Cloud Operations team is conducting off-schedule deployments of these patches. We will be using a rolling deployment method during non-peak hours to eliminate the impact on customers.
Should you have concerns or experience any issues with your Cloud Operations services, please contact the
Customer Success Center for assistance.
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