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CVE-2024-26186

CVE-2024-26186 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 6 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High
8.8
CVSS v3
2.2%
EPSS, 30 days
High
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 2.2%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-26186

SQL Server's Native Scoring machine learning feature has this High Severity CVSS 8.8 remote code execution flaw across SQL Server 2017 and 2019 builds. Like its companion CVEs, it turns a data science convenience into an engine-level code execution risk if crafted input reaches the scoring functions. EPSS estimates the exploitation probability at just 2 percent.

Do this: Confirm your SQL Server 2017 and 2019 estates are on the patched GDR or CU builds listed for this fix.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-26186

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Schedule normally
No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 2%.
Fixed by KB5042211 and 5 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.
Do this now: Deploy with your normal update cycle. This page refreshes daily; the verdict changes the day the data does.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-26186

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5042211, KB5042214, KB5042215, KB5042217, KB5042578, KB5042749 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2024-26186. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.

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