Today, we released KACE Systems Management Appliance Agent 15.1.46, which fixes a .NET dependency issue observed on Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019.

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July 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 81 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 521 reported vulnerabilities.

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SMA 15.1 Release brings exciting new features and enhancements.

• Windows ARM64 Agent Support: Added native KACE Agent support for Windows ARM64 devices, enabling inventory, software distribution, scripting, monitoring, and endpoint management using existing SMA workflows.
• Windows Feature Update Enhancements: Added support for Windows 11 24H2 and future UUP-based Feature Updates, ensuring continued compatibility with Microsoft’s modern upgrade delivery model.
• HTTPS-Only Enforcement: Enforced HTTPS-only appliance access, requiring SSL configuration during setup and prior to upgrading, improving security and compliance.
• Online Shell Script Exit Code Enforcement: Added an optional setting to evaluate script success or failure based on returned exit codes for more accurate execution reporting.
• Microsoft 365 Modern Authentication: Added OAuth 2.0 support for outbound email, including support for multiple Microsoft 365 cloud environments.
• User Notification Email Delivery: Added the ability to send appliance user notifications via email to configurable recipients.
• FreeBSD & Security Updates: Updated the appliance FreeBSD operating system and included multiple package, maintenance, and security updates.

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June 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 45 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 223 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patching support for several new publishers and products has been added to the patch catalog.

• New products include Workstation 25H2, OpenVPN Connect, Securepoint VPN Client, Screenpresso.
• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.

Please see below for a list of new products for which patches are now available.

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May 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 60 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 89 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patch 3 for SMA 15.0 is now available. This patch addresses critical FreeBSD vulnerability CVE-2026-7270 and upgrades the appliance to FreeBSD 14.3 P12.

For more information on the release, please refer to KB and SMA 15.0 Patch 3 download page

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April 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 75 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 154 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patch 2 for SMA 15.0 is now available. This patch addresses task execution failures, primarily related to the use of online shell scripts. It also resolves several issues reported in the field and includes FreeBSD 14.3 security updates. Detailed information about the patch contents is provided below.

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March 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 58 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 63 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patch 1 for SMA 15.0 and Patch 8 for SMA 14.0/14.1 are now available. These patches address several undisclosed security vulnerabilities, improve upgrade stability, and add the UI and documentation localization that was missing from the initial 15.0 release. Detailed information on the contents of these patches is provided below.

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February 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 45 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 44 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patching support for several new publishers and products has been added to the patch catalog.

• New products include Visual Studio 2026, .NET 10, PostgreSQL 18, SQL Server Management Studio 22.
• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.

Please see below for a list of new products for which patches are now available.

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January 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 44 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 110 reported vulnerabilities.

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December 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 37 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 52 reported vulnerabilities.

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SMA 15.0 Release brings exciting new features and enhancements.

• Favorites for UI Navigation: Bookmark up to 50 static pages in Admin and System UI with drag-and-drop, search, and delete options.
• Dashboard Revamp: Modern, customizable dashboards with multiple views, advanced widgets, sharing options, and performance improvements.
• Patch Catalog Enhancements: Added CVSS/EPSS scores, exploit data, ransomware indicators, advanced filtering, and CVE links for better patch prioritization.
• Linux Patch: Option to apply only security patches or all patches during Linux upgrades for compliance flexibility.
• Secure Logging Revamp: Replaced legacy syslog with TLS-secured logging, SSH activity tracking, and certificate-based authentication.
• Script Log Retention Redesign: Logs retained by number of runs (default: 7) for predictable storage and improved performance.
• Splashtop Integration Enhancements: Improved remote management with better RMM handling, session customization, and two simultaneous sessions.
• Quick Links for Admin Navigation: Added shortcuts to Label Management, Smart Labels, LDAP Labels, Security Settings, and Service Desk pages.

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November 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 47 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 49 reported vulnerabilities.

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Microsoft announced that Windows 10 has reached the end of support on October 14, 2025. In order to continue to receive security updates for Windows 10, it is necessary to enroll in the Extended Security Updates program.

Windows 10 Long Term Servicing (LTSB/LTSC) editions follow their own support lifecycle and are not included in the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates program.

Starting October 14, 2025, new security updates for Windows 10 version 22H2 delivered through KACE will only be applied to devices enrolled in Microsoft’s Extended Security Updates (ESU) program. Previously released security updates will remain available in the catalog.

More details are provided below.

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October 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 84 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 155 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patch 7 for SMA 14.0 and 14.1 is now available. These patches fix an important issue related to agent certificate renewal. Several undisclosed security vulnerabilities and other patching issues have also been addressed. Applying these patches is strongly recommended for all customers as soon as possible. Failure to apply the patch in time could result in all agents being disconnected from the appliance. Complete details of the contents of these patches are provided below.

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September 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 63 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 76 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patching support for several new publishers and products has been added to the patch catalog.

• New products include Docker Desktop, RealVNC Connect, Microsoft Exchange Server Subscription Edition.
• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.

Please see below for a list of new products for which patches are now available.

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August 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 47 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 95 reported vulnerabilities.

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Cumulative patch 6 for SMA 14.1 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• K1-36808 - Added ability for customers to opt-in for pre-release upgrade advertisement (General Settings)
• K1-36652 - Fixed inability to re-enable backups once disabled
• K1-36635 - Fixed undisclosed security vulnerability

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.1 Patch 6 download page

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July 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 68 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 130 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patching support for several new publishers and products has been added to the patch catalog.

• New products include Atlassian SourceTree, PostgreSQL 15, 16, 17, Temurin JDK/JRE 24.
• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.

Please see below for a list of new products for which patches are now available.

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Skype was officially discontinued as a Microsoft product on May 5, 2025. As a result, patching support for the consumer version of Skype has been removed from the Patch Catalog. Patching support for Skype for Business is unaffected by this change. Further details are available here.

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June 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 52 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 56 reported vulnerabilities.

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As part of our continuous commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security, the Quest team would like to make you aware that during an in-depth security review of the KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) several critical vulnerabilities were identified that require prompt attention.

Currently there is no evidence that any appliances have been accessed or compromised, we are taking decisive action out of an abundance of caution.

To ensure your environment remains secure, we have released an out-of-band hotfix to address these vulnerabilities. Demonstrating our dedication to your security and going well beyond our contractual obligations, we are extending these critical updates to versions as far back as KACE SMA 13.0.383—covering three prior versions beyond our standard support window. This allows customers who have not yet upgraded to the latest active maintenance release (14.x) to still benefit from these vital security enhancements.

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May 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 54 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 63 reported vulnerabilities.

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April 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 65 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 110 reported vulnerabilities.

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Cumulative patch 4 for SMA 14.0 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• K1-36306 - Fixed high haproxy CPU usage for large deployments after SSL certificate update
• K1-36155 - Fixed error when saving field changes for imported service desk queues
• K1-36080 - Fixed patch schedule error caused by snooze duration deployment

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.0 product support page

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Cumulative patch 3 for SMA 14.1 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• K1-36306 - Fixed high haproxy CPU usage for large deployments after SSL certificate update
• K1-36155 - Fixed error when saving field changes for imported service desk queues
• K1-36083 - Fixed error during device label application when no remote control enabled labels exist
• K1-36080 - Fixed patch schedule error caused by snooze duration deployment

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.1 product support page

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March 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 49 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 51 reported vulnerabilities.

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Today, we released new versions of the KACE Systems Management Appliance Agent to address a vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation. The updated Agent packages are available for download on the Support Portal at the links below or through the automatic update mechanism built into the KACE SMA Admin UI at Settings | Provisioning | Update Agents.

• 14.0.97 Agent Bundle for KACE SMA 14.0
• 14.1.19 Agent Bundle for KACE SMA 14.1

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February 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 51 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 53 reported vulnerabilities.

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Patching support for several new publishers and products has been added to the patch catalog.

• New products include Windows Server 2025, .NET 9.0, Omnissa Horizon Client, Semeru Runtime JDK/JRE 23.
• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.

Please see below for a complete list of products for which patches are now available.

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January 2025 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 73 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 155 reported vulnerabilities.

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December 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 33 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 70 reported vulnerabilities.

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Cumulative patch 3 for SMA 14.0 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• k1-33897 - Service Desk email tokens do not use ORG virtual host name
• k1-35092 - Task chains results inconsistent across ORGs for failed online scripts
• k1-36074 - System UI LDAP browser credentials input fields are missing
• k1-36087 - Task chain - tasks coming after a patch task fail to be executed
• k1-36107 - Patch downloads fails trying to use $logger to log status during Deleting UnusedAgentBundle files
• k1-36124 - Patch Schedules appear to be stuck in process-log phase for upto to 15 minutes
• k1-36127 - Azure Blob Storage option for Offboarding backups only allows file transfers up to 195GB
• k1-36138 - Patch detect schedule fails with error (Task Configuration changed since scheduling)
• k1-36147 - Windows Feature Update schedules stuck in process-log2 phase

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.0 product support page

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Cumulative patch 2 for SMA 14.1 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• k1-33897 - Service Desk email tokens do not use ORG virtual host name
• k1-35092 - Task chains results inconsistent across ORGs for failed online scripts
• k1-36074 - System UI LDAP browser credentials input fields are missing
• k1-36087 - Task chain - tasks coming after a patch task fail to be executed
• k1-36063 - Getting incorrect device count when user performs Remote control session reset for a device
• k1-36107 - Patch downloads fails trying to use $logger to log status during Deleting UnusedAgentBundle files
• k1-36124 - Patch Schedules appear to be stuck in process-log phase for upto to 15 minutes
• k1-36127 - Azure Blob Storage option for Offboarding backups only allows file transfers up to 195GB
• k1-36138 - Patch detect schedule fails with error (Task Configuration changed since scheduling)
• k1-36147 - Windows Feature Update schedules stuck in process-log2 phase

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.1 product support page

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November 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 55 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 87 reported vulnerabilities.

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VMware Workstation Pro and VMware Workstation Player patch updates will no longer be provided in the Patch Catalog starting with version 17.6.0 as individual Broadcom customer entitlements are required to access patch payload files. We will continue to provide updates for VMware Tools.

We have added patching support for several new publishers and products to the patch catalog.

• New products include Corretto 23, TortoiseHg, Semeru Runtime JDK/JRE 22.
• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.

Please see below for a complete list of products for which patches are now available.

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October 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 75 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 102 reported vulnerabilities.

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Cumulative patch 2 for SMA 14.0 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• k1-36056 - Backups are not running at the newly scheduled time
• k1-36043 - Multiple FreeBSD vulnerabilities - Sept 5 2024
• k1-36041 - Comment field is missing from process templates when Summary is hidden and Comment field is marked visible for queue
• k1-36006 - Option to add Barcodes not available when creating a new asset
• k1-36002 - Ticket fields not shown in UserUI if SAT_SURVEY permission is set to Owners Only - Visible or Owners Only - Hidden
• k1-35998 - Suppress newsyslog email setn to reoot by Cron Daemon
• k1-35992 - Multiple FreeBSD vulnerabilities - Aug 7 2024
• k1-35977 - Unable to run multiple reports scheduled from ‘Report Schedules’ list page
• k1-35960 - Scripting list view choose action ‘Run’ only works when a single row is selected

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.0 product support page

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Cumulative patch 1 for SMA 14.1 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• k1-36056 - Backups are not running at the newly scheduled time
• k1-36043 - Multiple FreeBSD vulnerabilities - Sept 5 2024
• k1-36041 - Comment field is missing from process templates when Summary is hidden and Comment field is marked visible for queue
• k1-36040 - Remove Splashtop remote control session check to allow 2 connections to the device at a time.
• k1-36035 - Oops error page shown when queue email outbound settings configured to use MS 365 Germany API Service
• k1-36006 - Option to add Barcodes not available when creating a new asset
• k1-36005 - Do not run task to uninstall Splashtop streamer if KACE Cloud Agent is present in inventory
• k1-36002 - Ticket fields not shown in UserUI if SAT_SURVEY permission is set to Owners Only - Visible or Owners Only - Hidden
• k1-35998 - Suppress newsyslog email setn to reoot by Cron Daemon
• k1-35996 - macOS inventory data for FileVault 2, DDP|E and MDM enrollment is missing for agentless inventory.
• k1-35992 - Multiple FreeBSD vulnerabilities - Aug 7 2024
• k1-35977 - Unable to run multiple reports scheduled from ‘Report Schedules’ list page
• k1-35960 - Scripting list view choose action ‘Run’ only works when a single row is selected

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.1 product support page

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September 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 57 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 68 reported vulnerabilities.

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August 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 54 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 65 reported vulnerabilities including five actively exploited zero-days.

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Cumulative patch 1 for SMA 14.0 is now available to download from the Quest support site. The patch addresses the following issues:

• K1-33979 - Bitlocker and Defender device notifications are sent to all Organizations
• K1-35900 - Manual device and snmp configuration pages for non-English locales do not function properly
• K1-35734 - Rebooting from the systemui results in redirect to Oops error page
• K1-35714 - List view replication share actions only work if single row is selected
• K1-35724 - Daily notification for new agent bundle appears even after applying new bundle
• K1-35675 - Knowledge Base article detail does not load on non-English locales

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.0 product support page

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Today, we released version 14.1 of the KACE Systems Management Appliance. This release introduces the long-awaited Remote Desktop feature, seamlessly integrated with Splashtop RMM.

SMA 14.1 also adds support for using Office365 as outbound email provider for service desk.

For more information on the release, refer to the SMA 14.1 product support page and the release notes

KACE Remote Desktop powered by Splashtop is an optional paid add-on feature. For pricing information, please contact your sales representative.

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We have added patching support for several new publishers and products to the patch catalog.

• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.
• New products include TortoiseGit, Zulu JDK/JRE 11 LTS and Zulu JDK/JRE 8 LTS. Please see below for a complete list of products for which patches are now available.

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July 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 78 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 137 reported vulnerabilities.

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BlueJeans by Verizon was discontinued by the publisher on March 29, 2024 and has ceased offering any new or previously released patches. Consequently, support for patching has been removed from the Patch Catalog. Further information about the product’s end of support can be found here.

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June 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 46 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 40 reported vulnerabilities.

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Microsoft has announced that Windows 10, version 21H2 (Enterprise, Education) on the General Availability (GA) Channel will reach end of service on June 11, 2024. These editions will no longer receive security updates after June 11, 2024. Please see end of updates announcement for more details.

The KACE Patch Catalog will continue to provide previously released OS and third-party publisher patches that target this version.

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May 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 43 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 61 reported vulnerabilities.

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The Zoom app for desktop and mobile (Zoom Meetings) is now named Zoom Workplace starting with version 6.0.0 for Windows and macOS. Zoom patches and software titles version 6.0.0 onwards will reflect the new publisher branding in the Patch Catalog and Software Catalog. You may need to adjust any filter criteria targeting the old product name. Please see Zoom’s release notes for details.

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We have added patching support for several new publishers and products to the patch catalog.

• This data will be available the next time your catalog refreshes.
• KACE SMA customers might need to check their subscriptions and subscribe to newly added publishers before managing patches.
• New products include Visual Studio Code, Git, 1Password, and AWS Client VPN. Please see below for a complete list of products for which patches are now available.

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Today, we released new versions of the KACE Systems Management Appliance Agent to address vulnerabilities that could allow file manipulation and incorrect process launching under specific conditions. The updated Agent packages are available for download on the Support Portal at the links below or through the automatic update mechanism built into the KACE SMA Admin UI at Settings | Provisioning | Update Agents.

• 13.1.25 Agent Bundle for KACE SMA 13.1
• 13.2.24 Agent Bundle for KACE SMA 13.2

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April 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates are now published in the KACE Patch Catalog. These include 71 security updates targeting various Microsoft product families and platforms supported by KACE. These patches target 128 reported vulnerabilities.

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