Manage Missing Patches and Outdated Applications

The Patches page is where you review missing OS patches and outdated third-party applications detected across your managed endpoints.

In the left navigation, select Patch Management > Patches.

It has two tabs that work the same way:

Operating System: missing OS patches across all endpoints.
Third Party Applications: installed applications running an outdated version.

The workflow below applies to both tabs.

Find What Matters

Goal	How to do it
Find a specific patch or application	Search by patch name or KB number, or by application name
Focus on a specific group of endpoints	Select one or more endpoint groups from the Groups dropdown
Export data for reporting	Select Export to download the current patch list.
Narrow your results	Filter by SLA Compliance, Category, Severity, Approval Status, or OS
Review aging vulnerabilities	Set a Timeframe to show items that remained missing or outdated for a specific period
Prioritize upcoming SLA due date	Set SLA Due Date to identify patches that are overdue or approaching their due dates
Tailor the columns you see	Use Display settings to show or hide columns such as Severity, Release Date, or CVE count

Select the checkbox next to one or more patches. The Actions menu becomes available.
Open the Actions menu and choose the action that fits.

Action	What It Means
Deploy Now	Starts an immediate, on-demand deployment to the affected endpoints.
Approve for Scheduled Deployment	Approve the patch for use in scheduled deployment.
Reject for Scheduled Deployment	Excludes it automatically from scheduled deployment.
Edit Tag (OS only)	Apply or update tags to help organize and filter patches.

Note After you approve or reject an item, its Approval Status updates in the list.

To view more information about a patch, select it from the list.

The patch details page provides several tabs and section to help you assess impact and determine the appropriate action.

Section/Tab	Details
Summary	View all key details about this patch
Vulnerabilities	Review the CVEs and security vulnerabilities fixed by the patch
Devices	See all endpoints that are missing this OS patch, or are running this outdated application version
Deployments	Review existing deployments that already target this patch

Note From the patch detail page, you can open the Actions menu or choose Deploy to start an on-demand deployment for that specific patch.

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