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CVE-2024-38094
CVE-2024-38094 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it in the wild, including in ransomware campaigns, which makes it a fix-first item. 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.
High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.5. Fixed by 3 Microsoft security updates.
Risk summary
Updated July 25, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38094
Microsoft SharePoint's deserialization flaw allows remote code execution on the collaboration servers that hold much of an organization's internal documents, and ransomware use is confirmed. The 53% EPSS score and 2024-10-22 KEV listing mark it as actively worked into intrusion chains. On-premises SharePoint farms, often behind on cumulative updates, are the exposed population; SharePoint Online is Microsoft's to patch.
Do this: Apply the SharePoint security update to on-premises farms and review IIS logs for unusual POST activity preceding new file drops.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38094
Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.
Full tracking and change history for CVE-2024-38094
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.
What the press says about CVE-2024-38094
Trusted-source coverage, pulled live from their own feeds.
Exploitation and severity
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild. EPSS exploit probability 53%. CVSS 7.5 (High). Linked to ransomware activity.
This CVE is among the top half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 2 actively-exploited CVEs in July 2024.
Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38094
Treat as urgent: it is being exploited in the wild (CISA KEV), so patch ahead of items that are not. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5002606, KB5002615, KB5002618 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-2024-38094. 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.
Affected products
Common questions about CVE-2024-38094
Is CVE-2024-38094 actively exploited?
Yes. CVE-2024-38094 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Its EPSS exploit probability is 53%. It is also linked to known ransomware campaigns.
What patch fixes CVE-2024-38094?
Microsoft fixed CVE-2024-38094 in KB5002606, KB5002615, KB5002618. Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or let Intune, Windows Update, or WSUS deliver it.
Which products are affected by CVE-2024-38094?
Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019, Microsoft SharePoint Server Subscription Edition.
Can I ask my own AI about CVE-2024-38094?
Yes. This page includes a free, ready-to-paste AI prompt containing CVE-2024-38094's key facts: severity, CVSS, EPSS exploit probability, CISA KEV status, and the fixing KB. Copy it into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot for a triage plan; the data is refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central).
Fixed by the same updates
If you are patching CVE-2024-38094, the same updates also fix these:
Authoritative references
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