Today, Microsoft has had to issue an unexpected and unscheduled patch for Windows 10, in a rare emergency situation. A security bug found in Windows 10 was leaked a few days ago and due to this and the fact that the bug was marked as ‘critical’ – Microsoft has had to issue an emergency software update.

The new KB4551762 update is out now and it is highly recommended to update.

What issues does the bug have?

Microsoft has outlined the details, here is what they said:

An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could gain the ability to execute code on the target server or client. To exploit the vulnerability against a server, an unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a targeted SMBv3 server. To exploit the vulnerability against a client, an unauthenticated attacker would need to configure a malicious SMBv3 server and convince a user to connect to it.