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CVE-2024-35256
CVE-2024-35256 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 8 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
Risk summary
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 1.8%. CVSS 8.8 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
Another stray identifier attached to the same Native Client OLE DB weakness in SQL Server 2016 SP3, 2017, and 2019 GDR builds. Compromise flows from server to client during a connection, rated High at 8.8, with modeled exploitation at 2 percent. The provider's deprecated status means these fixes are maintenance on borrowed time.
Do this: Add Native Client removal to the decommission checklist for every SQL-connected server you touch.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-35256
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5040936, KB5040939, KB5040940, KB5040942, KB5040944, KB5040946, KB5040948, KB5040986 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-2024-35256. 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.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same updates
- Authoritative references
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