KB5065428: Cumulative update for Windows Server, version 2019, September 2025. SMB compatibility auditing added; MSI repair prompts reduced
The update adds SMB compatibility auditing and Certificate Revocation List partitioning, and reduces unexpected UAC prompts during some MSI repairs. It also addresses 52 vulnerabilities, including 7 Critical vulnerabilities.
Does it affect you? Applies to: All editions of Windows Server 2019, on x64 devices.
Microsoft publishes separate notes for this KB for Windows 10.
What changes
New features 2 changes
Active Directory
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Windows Certificate Authorities can use Certificate Revocation List partitioning.1
Adds support for Certificate Revocation List (CRL) partitioning in Windows Certificate Authorities.
File Server
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IT administrators can check whether SMB clients might be incompatible with SMB Server signing and EPA before deploying the related hardening measures.2
Enables auditing SMB client compatibility for SMB Server signing and SMB Server EPA.
Fix 1 change
App compatibility (known issue)
For: Non-admin users and IT administrators
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Unexpected UAC prompts during some MSI repairs are reduced. IT administrators can allowlist specific apps to disable prompts for those apps.3
Addresses unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts for non-admin users when MSI installers perform certain custom actions. The fix reduces the scope for requiring prompts; it does not state that all such prompts are eliminated.
Technical details
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Data sheet
- Released
- 2025-09-09
- Classification
- Security Updates
- Type
- Cumulative update
- Restart
- Required
- Replaces
- KB5066187, KB5063877, KB5062557, KB5060531
- Replaced by
- KB5066586
| Version | Build | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 17763.7792 | General availability |
Security
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS |
|---|---|---|
|
Windows NTLM Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Critical | 8.8 |
|
Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Critical | 7.8 |
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Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Critical | 7.8 |
|
Graphics Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Critical | 7.3 |
|
Windows Hyper-V Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Critical | 6.7 |
|
Graphics Kernel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
|
Critical | 6.7 |
|
Windows Imaging Component Information Disclosure Vulnerability
|
Critical | 5.5 |
|
Windows SMB Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
The table lists the 8 exploited, publicly disclosed or critical vulnerabilities. See all 52 vulnerabilities →
Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)
Updated components
348 files changed since the previous update for the same versions.
| Top changed components | Files |
|---|---|
| Security and sign-in | 9 |
| Networking | 8 |
| Graphics and display | 7 |
| Secure Boot | 6 |
| Kernel | 5 |
| Remote Desktop | 5 |
| Search | 4 |
| File Explorer and shell | 3 |
| Hyper-V and virtualization | 3 |
| Printing | 2 |
| Storage and file systems | 2 |
| Settings | 1 |
Sources
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (3)
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1.
Adds support for Certificate Revocation List (CRL) partitioning in Windows Certificate Authorities.
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This update enables auditing SMB client compatibility for SMB Server signing as well as SMB Server EPA.
support.microsoft.com -
3.
This fix reduces the scope for requiring UAC prompts for MSI repairs and enables IT admins to disable UAC prompts for specific apps by adding them to an allowlist.
support.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 3 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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