Schedule normally
No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 1%.
Fixed by KB5040427 and 4 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.
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Patch tracker / CVE reference / CVE-2024-38185

CVE-2024-38185

CVE-2024-38185 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 5 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

High
7.8
CVSS v3
1.2%
EPSS, 30 days
High
Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 1.2%. CVSS 7.8 (High).

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

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38185

One of a small group of same-cycle kernel-mode driver escalations that scored modestly: High Severity (CVSS 7.8), 1 percent EPSS, on Windows 10 Version 1809 and Windows Server 2019. It requires local access and has drawn little predicted exploit interest. The fix rides the same monthly rollup as the branch's Critical bugs, so compliance with one covers all.

Do this: Confirm the monthly cumulative update on 1809 and 2019 hosts; this closes with it and needs no special handling.

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

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Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38185

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5040427, KB5040430, KB5040431, KB5040434, KB5040437 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-2024-38185. 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.

KB5040427KB5040430KB5040431KB5040434KB5040437

Scope and sources

Affected products
Fixed by the same updates
CVE-2024-38184CVE-2024-38186CVE-2024-38187CVE-2024-38191CVE-2024-38161
Authoritative references
Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detailMicrosoft MSRCFIRST.org EPSS

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