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KB5065221

KB5065221: Security update for SQL Server 2022, GDR branch, September 2025. Sensitive statement text exposure and SQL code execution fixed

In short

Fixes two Important SQL Server vulnerabilities, including issues that could expose statement text or let attackers with elevated privileges run SQL code.

Does it affect you? Applies to: SQL Server 2022 GDR installations on Linux or Windows. The update package is for x64 systems.

Build
16.0.1150.1
Servicing branch
GDR
Security
2 fixed
Restart
Required

For servers on the GDR branch: they get security fixes only. Servers that install cumulative updates (CU branch) get a separate update. Which branch am I on?

What changes

Fixes 2 changes

Programmability

Verified in package
  • Sensitive text from statements running in other sessions is no longer exposed when database monitoring views are used to inspect them.1
    SQL Server Engine: fixes an issue where dynamic management views (DMVs) used in specific scenarios could expose the text of statements running in other sessions.

Temporal

Verified in package
  • Attackers with elevated privileges can no longer exploit a flaw in historical-record cleanup to run SQL code.2
    SQL Server Engine: fixes improper input validation during internal temporal history table cleanup.

Technical details

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Data sheet

Released
2025-09-09
Classification
Security Updates
Type
Cumulative update
Servicing branch
GDR
Restart
Required
Replaces
KB5063756, KB5058712, KB5046861, KB5046057
+4 earlier KB5042211, KB5040936, KB5035432, KB5032968
Replaced by
KB5068407
VersionBuildChannel
2022 16.0.1150.1 General availability

Security

2 vulnerabilities fixed
2 important
VulnerabilitySeverityCVSS
CVE-2025-55227
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
 Important 8.8
CVE-2025-47997
Microsoft SQL Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
 Important 6.5

Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)

Package 2022
340.7 MB
sqlserver2022-kb5065221-x64.exe Main update · KB5065221 SHA-1: f911fc79…4b8058

Updated components

145 files changed since the previous update for the same versions.

Top changed componentsFiles
SQL Server Engine116
SQL Server PolyBase3

Verified in package: changed files confirm Programmability, Temporal.

Sources

Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (2)
  1. 1. Fixes an issue in which DMVs are used in specific scenarios to inspect the text of statements that are running in other sessions and might contain sensitive data. support.microsoft.com
  2. 2. Fixes improper input validation that occurs during internal temporal history table cleanup and that enables attackers to run SQL code by having elevated privileges. support.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 2 quoted passages · compared with Microsoft's page on Oct 20, 2026
  • Quotes found in the official pages: passed
  • Numbers found in the sources: passed
  • Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
  • Links to allowed domains only: passed
  • Every official change covered: passed
  • Readable plain text: passed
  • Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
  • Sources agree: passed

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