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CVE-2024-37976

CVE-2024-37976 is a medium severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 67%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 11 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

Medium

6.7

CVSS

67%

EPSS, 30 days

Medium

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 67%. CVSS 6.7 (Medium).

This CVE is among the top 25% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-37976

This vulnerability targets the Windows Resume Extensible Firmware Interface, letting an attacker bypass a security feature during the boot and resume path on Windows 11 24H2, including ARM64 devices. A CVSS of 9.0 with 61 percent EPSS is lower than the 82 percent cluster above but still firmly in the likely to be exploited range. Boot path bypasses are notable because they can undercut protections that are supposed to hold even before the OS fully loads.

Do this: Update Windows 11 24H2 devices, including ARM64 laptops, and confirm firmware is current since boot path fixes sometimes pair with firmware updates.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-37976

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-37976 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-37976.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-37976: Medium severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 6.7
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 67%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5044273, KB5044277, KB5044280, KB5044281, KB5044284, KB5044285, KB5044286, KB5044288, KB5044293, KB5044342, KB5044343
Using only these facts plus your general knowledge, tell me: 1) How worried I should be and why, in two sentences. 2) How attackers typically use this class of flaw. 3) What to patch or mitigate first. 4) How to check whether my devices are exposed.
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Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 67%).

Fixed by KB5044273 and 10 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-37976

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5044273, KB5044277, KB5044280, KB5044281, KB5044284, KB5044285, KB5044286, KB5044288, KB5044293, KB5044342, KB5044343 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-2024-37976. 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.

KB5044273 KB5044277 KB5044280 KB5044281 KB5044284 KB5044285 KB5044286 KB5044288 KB5044293 KB5044342 KB5044343

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-43572 CVE-2024-43573 CVE-2024-38124 CVE-2024-38212 CVE-2024-38265 CVE-2024-43453 CVE-2024-43517 CVE-2024-43518

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detail Microsoft MSRC FIRST.org EPSS

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