Today, we released an update for .NET Framework 4.8 to Microsoft Update Catalog.
Quality and Reliability
This release contains the following reliability improvement.
CLR
Addresses an issue where some ClickOnce applications or applications creating the default AppDomain with a restricted permission set may observe application launch or application runtime failures, or unexpected behaviors. The observable issue was the System.AppDomainSetup.TargetFrameworkName was null, leading to any quirks enabling reverting back to .NET Framework 4.0 behaviors.
1 Common Language Runtime (CLR)
Getting the Update
The update for .NET Framework 4.8 is available via Microsoft Update Catalog for supported versions of Windows. The reliability improvement will be available on all regular distribution channels through upcoming releases.
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3197869
See also: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/22801/windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2-update-history