Microsoft has released October security updates. The Uganda National CERT and Coordination Center (CERT.UG/CC) strongly advises system admins to review and implement the appropriate patches.

The Microsoft Security Response Center has released patches associated with the two Open-Source Software security vulnerabilities that addresses vulnerabilities in Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams for Desktop, Skype for Desktop among others.

Microsoft announced that support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012R2 will end on 10th October 2023. As such, organizations that may still be using these server versions urgently need to upgrade to Windows Server 2022 or purchase Extended Security Updates.

The GitHub team supports use of passkeys across its platform. By design, Passkeys are linked to user devices.

The Gitlab team released security patches that address a critical flaw that allows an attacker to run pipelines as another user. This affects GitLab versions 16.3.4 and 16.2.7.

The Nagios team released patches that address four security vulnerabilities affecting Nagios XI network monitoring software. The Uganda National CERT and Coordination Center (CERT.UG/CC) strongly advises all Sys and network admins to review and implement the appropriate patches.