December 2019 CU for SharePoint Server 2016 is available for download

The product group released the December 2019 Cumulative Update for SharePoint Server 2016 product family.

This CU also includes Feature Pack 1 which was released with December 2016 CU and Feature Pack 2 which was released with September 2017 CU.

The KB articles for December 2019 CU are available here:

  • KB 4484178 – December 2019 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language independent)
  • KB 4484181 – December 2019 Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (language dependent)

The download for December 2019 CU is available here:

Important: It is required to install both fixes (language dependent and independent) to fully patch a SharePoint server. This applies also to servers which do not have language packs installed. The reason is that each SharePoint installation includes a language dependent component together with a language independent component. If additional language packs are added later (only) the language dependent fix has to be applied again.

It is irrelevant which language you pick on the drop down in download center. Even the language dependent fixes are all in the same package for all languages.

After installing the fixes you need to run the SharePoint 2016 Products Configuration Wizard on each machine in the farm. If you prefer to run the command line version psconfig.exe ensure to have a look here for the correct options.

SharePoint 2016 December 2019 CU Build Numbers:

Language independent fix: 16.0.4939.1000
Language dependent fix: 16.0.4939.1000

To understand the different version numbers please have a look at my article which explains the different SharePoint build numbers.

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26 Comments


      1. Hi Matthew,
        the links were working for me when I published the post and they are also working for me right now.

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  1. calendar overlay fix included?

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    1. No. The fix is currently planned for January CU.

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  2. you would have thought microsoft would have been eager to fix a issue they caused! 🙂

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    1. Hi Matt,
      of course – but please understand that proper testing of code changes is required to ship a fix.

      The cut of date for fixes going into a CU is 4 weeks before the CU to allow complete testing of the CU.
      The issue was introduce with October CU and reported first around a week after the release through a support case.
      Reproducing the issue, isolating it as a problem in the CU, involving the product group to request a hotfix, identifying the root cause and a possible and stable fix and performing the necessary tests was not possible in the short timeframe before the cut of date for December CU.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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  3. Hi Stefan,

    I have installed both December CU for SharePoint server 2016. Everything ran successfully, but the configuration database version number is “16.0.4936.1000” while in the upgrade status it shows “16.0.4939.1000” How can I fix it. I tried to clear the SP cache to rerun the configuration wizard PowerShell but nothing has fixed it

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    1. Hi Shaikha,
      this is not the configuration database version. This is the configuration database SCHEMA version.
      The last time the schema was changed was with version 16.0.4936.1000. We never guarantee that the database schema version is identical to the version of the patch and you should not use this number as an indicator that a patch was installed correctly.
      See here for details:
      https://blog.stefan-gossner.com/2014/10/23/common-question-why-does-the-version-number-on-the-servers-in-farm-page-not-change-after-installing-october-cu/
      https://blog.stefan-gossner.com/2016/08/23/sharepoint-does-not-have-a-build-version-full-stop/
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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      1. Hi Stefan,
        i’m also getting the same version numbers as Shaikha and i’m patching my farm using ZDP approach. which version number should i use to complete the side by side file copy process? should i use 16.0.4936.1000 or 16.0.4939.1000?

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  4. Hi Stefan,

    Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures were not added in this release to learn about the vulnerability.

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    1. Hi Sowmya,
      as there were no security fixes released in December there was nothing to add here.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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  5. Hi Stefan,

    This December there is no Office online Server update?

    Thanks
    Praveen

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    1. Hi Praveen,
      there is one. You will find the info in my SP2019 blog post.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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  6. I have installed below CU on SharePoint 2016 (16.0.4834.1000)

    December 10, 2019, update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (KB4484178)
    December 10, 2019, update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 (KB4484181)

    I am facing issue with Search Crawl failure with below error

    The content processing pipeline failed to process the item. ( ExpandSegments; ; SearchID = 6A552908-0C86-4876-84E7-FDC01FB582B3

    This error is showing in both UAT and PROD Environment I have installed DEC 2019 CU

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    1. Hi Gautam,
      This does not seem to be a known issue.
      I would recommend to open a support case with Microsoft support to get this analyzed.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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    2. Me too facing the same issue after installing KB4484178. The content processing pipeline failed to process the item. ( ExpandSegments; ; SearchID ****)

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      1. Hi Manivannan, did you run PSConfig after installing the patch?

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        1. Hi Stefan,

          running the PSConfig solve my “ExpandSegments;” Crawl Error.

          Thank a lot.

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  7. Hi Stefan,
    thank you first for your detaild informations and instructions about SharePoint Pachting.
    Is the Security Vulnerability CVE-2019-1491 Fix inclueded in the december 2019 CU’s, i need a reliable statement for our Companys CISO.
    Thank you.
    Best regards
    Philip

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    1. Hi Philip,
      the answer is yes.
      The security fix was released in November 2019 and as SharePoint fixes are cumulative all fixes released in November are also included in our December CU.
      Cheers,
      Stefan

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    1. Hi Kaspar,

      did you run the SharePoint configuration wizard after installing the fix?

      Cheers,
      Stefan

      Reply

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