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CVE-2024-38018

CVE-2024-38018 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 51%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 3 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

51%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 51%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

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

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38018

SharePoint is a standout in this list: a High Severity CVSS 8.8 remote code execution flaw with a 51 percent EPSS probability affecting SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint Server 2019, and Subscription Edition. On-premises SharePoint farms hold document troves and are usually reachable by every employee account, making code execution bugs there disproportionately damaging. That EPSS figure is far above the noise floor for server products.

Do this: Patch on-premises SharePoint farms immediately, starting with any farm reachable from the internet.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38018

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-2024-38018 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-38018.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-38018: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 8.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 51%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5002624, KB5002639, KB5002640
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.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Patch this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 51%).

Fixed by KB5002624 and 2 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-2024-38018

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002624, KB5002639, KB5002640 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-2024-38018. 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.

KB5002624 KB5002639 KB5002640

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-38227 CVE-2024-38228 CVE-2024-43464 CVE-2024-43466

Authoritative references

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

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