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CVE-2024-38081

CVE-2024-38081 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 14 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

High

High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.5. Fixed by 14 Microsoft security updates.

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Risk summary

CVSS base

7.5

EPSS exploit probability

2.7%

Severity

High

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38081

CVE-2024-38081 is an elevation of privilege flaw in the .NET stack that ships with Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 versions 17.4, 17.6, and 17.8, rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.5. Exposure is limited to developer workstations and build machines running these specific Visual Studio 2022 releases, so this is not a broad server fleet issue. It is not in CISA KEV, has no known ransomware use, and carries a 3 percent EPSS exploit probability, so it is a patch-on-schedule item rather than an emergency.

Do this: Push the Visual Studio 2022 updates to the 17.4, 17.6, and 17.8 servicing baselines on all developer and build machines through your normal patch cycle.

AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38081

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I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-38081 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-38081.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-38081: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.5
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 2.7%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5039885, KB5039895, KB5041016, KB5041017, KB5041018, KB5041019, KB5041020, KB5041021, KB5041022, KB5041023, KB5041024, KB5041026, KB5041027, KB5041080
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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Schedule normally

No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 3%.

Fixed by KB5039885 and 13 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.

Updated August 7, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.

Full tracking and change history for CVE-2024-38081

Published

2024-07-09

Last revised

2024-08-13

Changes tracked

Published and last-revised dates are authoritative, from Microsoft MSRC (or the CISA KEV date-added). Senserva additionally records day-to-day changes from 2026-07-07, refreshed several times a day; the change count reflects that forward-only tracking.

Exploitation and severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 2.7%. CVSS 7.5 (High).

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

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38081

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5039885, KB5039895, KB5041016, KB5041017, KB5041018, KB5041019, KB5041020, KB5041021, KB5041022, KB5041023, KB5041024, KB5041026, KB5041027, KB5041080 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-2024-38081. 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.

KB5039885 KB5039895 KB5041016 KB5041017 KB5041018 KB5041019 KB5041020 KB5041021 KB5041022 KB5041023 KB5041024 KB5041026 KB5041027 KB5041080

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

If you are patching CVE-2024-38081, the same updates also fix these:

CVE-2024-38095

Authoritative references

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

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