Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (July 2020 CU)

A new cumulative update for SharePoint Server 2016 has been released (July 2020 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:
16.0.5032.1002 (Language independent CU)
16.0.5032.1001 (Language dependent CU)

SharePoint 2016 CU – KB articles describing the CU:

• KB 4484436 – July 2020 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
• KB 4484440 – July 2020 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language dependent)

SharePoint Server 2016 CU – CU download link:

• Download July 2020 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
  
• Download July 2020 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language dependent)

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 security advisories:

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1025
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1147
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1342
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1439
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1443
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1444
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1445
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1446
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1448
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1450
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1451
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1454
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1456

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 security advisories:

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1342
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1439
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1445
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1446
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1447
• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1448

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

• The Automatic Password Change Schedule (Monthly by Day mode) doesn’t work correctly.
• Office document versions are getting trimmed when preservation hold is enabled.
• Fixes incorrect regional settings of the Istanbul time zone.
  
  Note To fix this issue completely, you have to install KB 4484440 together with this update.
• Restore-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication fails when SQL Server Authentication is used.
• A memory leak occurs that could cause memory bottlenecks and performance issues on web front-end (WFE) servers if there are thousands of site collections across the farm.
• A running timer job is orphaned when its server is removed.
• In a site that contains the ampersand (&) character in its URL, when you export a survey list to an Excel spreadsheet, Excel should open a new workbook that contains one worksheet that is named owssvr. However, the owssvr worksheet isn’t opened.

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

• When you use either the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium browser, even if you select Cancel in the Edit Resource or in Enterprise Custom Fields and Lookup Tables pages, the resource, enterprise field or lookup table remains checked out. For this fix to work, you have to install Chrome or Chromium browser version 81 or later.
• When you use either the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium browser, if you change a View setting such as a column width or order, the changes do not persist if the view, filter, or grouping is applied to pages such as the Project Center, Resource Center, Approvals, Tasks, or Timesheets. For example, after you chang View from Summary to Cost, and then you refresh the page, the View value remains as Summary. For this fix to work, you have to install the Chrome or Chromium browser version 81 or later.

This security update contains the following improvements and fixes:

• Improves translations in all language versions of SharePoint Server 2016.
• Fixes incorrect regional settings of the Istanbul time zone.
  
  Note To fix this issue completely, you have to install KB 4484436 together with this update.