windows deployment services

Microsoft’s January cumulative (KB5074109) has quietly forced a security crossroads for administrators who still depend on Windows Deployment Services’ (WDS) hands‑free imaging: a newly disclosed access‑control vulnerability (CVE‑2026‑0386) and an associated hardening plan mean that unsecured...

Microsoft’s January cumulative update for Windows 11 — delivered as KB5074109 — does more than fix a handful of bugs: it begins a deliberate rollback of a long‑standing, convenience‑focused WDS (Windows Deployment Services) behavior that can expose sensitive Unattend.xml data to adjacent‑network...

Microsoft released the January 13, 2026 security baseline today — published as KB5074109 — and enterprise administrators should treat this as both a mandatory security checkpoint and a practical reminder about the new Hotpatch servicing cadence for Windows 11 Enterprise (24H2 and 25H2). The...

Windows administrators must treat the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) hands‑free deployment change as an immediate operational imperative: Microsoft’s January 13, 2026 guidance closes a long‑standing insecure channel used by unattended installations and forces organizations to choose security...

Microsoft has confirmed a new security record — CVE-2026-0386 — tied to Windows Deployment Services (WDS) that, according to the vendor entry, stems from an improper access control issue capable of enabling remote code execution by an unauthenticated actor on an adjacent network. This is a...