Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (May 2019 CU)

A new cumulative update for SharePoint Server 2016 has been released (May 2019 CU).
This CU includes both Feature Pack 2, which has been included since the September CU (September 2017 CU), and the previous Feature Pack 1.

SP Build:
16.0.4849.1000 (Language independent CU)

SharePoint 2016 CU – KB articles describing the CU:

• KB 4464549 – May 2019 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
  
• This CU does not include an update to language-dependent components for SharePoint Server 2016
• This CU does not include an update for Office Online Server 2016

SharePoint Server 2016 CU – CU download link:

• Download May 2019 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
  
• This CU does not include an update to language-dependent components for SharePoint Server 2016
• This CU does not include an update for Office Online Server 2016

After installation, remember to run the SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard (SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard), or the following command:
PSConfig.exe -cmd upgrade -inplace b2b -wait -cmd applicationcontent -install -cmd installfeatures -cmd secureresources -cmd services -install

Notice

Feature Pack 2 also includes all functionality from Feature Pack 1.

Always install both packages in this order:

1. language independent (updates language-independent components)
2. language dependent (updates language-dependent components)

For language-dependent packages, it does not matter which language you select, as each package contains updates for all languages.

If you install a new language pack on your SharePoint Server 2016 farm, you must then reinstall the language-dependent update package.

Remember that Distributed Cache must also be updated alongside SharePoint; see How to update Distributed Cache correctly and for Office Online Server, you must have the current RTM release; see  How to update Office Online Server.

Included fixes and improvements

The fixes and improvements listed for this CU are excerpts from official Microsoft KB articles in their original language (EN).

SharePoint Server 2016

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see the following:

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2019-0949
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2019-0950
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2019-0952
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2019-0956
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2019-0957

This update contains the following improvements:

• Improves text extraction from PDF files that use certain fonts. This improves search accuracy.

This update contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues in SharePoint Server 2016:

• When you copy a web app content that references a web part from a list, a duplicated web part is displayed unexpectedly.
• When multiple SharePoint farms use the same extended zone and consume a published search service application, search queries from this extended zone don’t return results.
• When you publish an InfoPath form, you experience long delays.
• The “ConfigSSC.aspx” page can’t be opened if there’s no User Profile Application (UPA) in the SharePoint farm. This issue occurs after you install Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2016: November 14, 2017.
• Synchronizing a notebook from OneNote 2016 to SharePoint Server 2016 fails, and you receive the following error message:

  We’re sorry, something went wrong during sync. We’ll try again later. (Error code: 0x803D0000)

• Certain calendar picker options for setting CalendarWeekRule update the value incorrectly.
• When you browse to a view in a list that contains more than 1,000 uniquely secured items, you receive an error message. This issue occurs if a combination of the required content approval, minor versions, and nondefault draft visibility settings is applied to the list.
• Share Point Server 2016 temporarily stops working during Zero downtime patching.
• Users who are subsite members but not the root site members can’t run a search in subsites. After they trigger the search query, they are denied access. This issue occurs after they install Description of the security update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016: December 11, 2018.
• In a list that contains more than 5,000 items, when you apply a filter to two indexed columns, the view displays an error message.
• When you try to open an Office file in a search result by using the Edge browser, the file doesn’t open, and you are prompted to select or find a program from the app store on your computer.
• When the locale of a page is set to English(Canada), the page can’t be published on a schedule.

Project Server 2016

This update contains a fix for the following nonsecurity issue in Project Server 2016:

• Updating a local custom field lookup table values through the client-side object model (CSOM) may cause Project to crash.
• Adds support for the new Japanese era in the timeline portion of the Project Summary web part in Project 2016.