Microsoft Windows Security Updates October 2020 overview

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It is the second Tuesday of October 2020 and that means that it is Microsoft Patch Day. Microsoft released security updates for all supported versions of the company's Windows operating system as well as other company products such as Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Office.

Our overview of the October 2020 provides you with information on the released patches and links to Microsoft support pages and downloads. All Windows updates are cumulative in nature, and available as direct downloads, via Windows Updates, WSUS, and other update management systems.

The overview begins with an executive summary. The analysis that follows includes information about the distribution of vulnerabilities across different versions of Windows (client and server), as well as Microsoft's browsers, details on each of the updates, links to support pages, information about other updates and security advisories, direct download links and instructions, and a resource link list at the end.

You can check out the September 2020 Microsoft Patch Day overview here.

Microsoft Windows Security Updates October 2020

Download the following Excel spreadsheet if you are interested in a detailed spreadsheet listing the released security updates of October 2020. Just extract the zip archive after download and load it in a spreadsheet application such as Excel or LibreOffice Calc. Click here to download it: microsoft-windows-security-updates-october-2020

Executive Summary

• Security updates are available for all supported versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system (client and server).
  
• Microsoft released security updates for the following products besides Windows: Microsoft Office, Microsoft JET Database Engine, Visual Studio, Microsoft Exchange Server, Azure Functions and Sphere, PowerShellGet, Microsoft .Net Framework, Microsoft Dynamics, Adobe Flash Player, Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
  
• Windows 10 version 1809 reaches end of support next month, Windows 10 version 1903 in December 2020.
  

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