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CVE-2024-38193
CVE-2024-38193 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. It is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it in the wild, which makes it a fix-first item. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 15 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
Risk summary
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild. EPSS exploit probability 71%. CVSS 9.8 (High).
This CVE is among the top 25% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 6 actively-exploited CVEs in August 2024.
- 2024-08-13 added to the CISA KEV catalog by CISA
- 2026-08-07 CVSS 7.8 to 0.0
Recorded by Senserva on the dates shown, from CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. This is what moved and when, which neither the vendor advisory nor NVD publishes.
CVE-2024-38193 is a Windows AFD for WinSock elevation of privilege flaw that CISA confirmed as actively exploited and added to the KEV catalog on 2024-08-13, with a 71% EPSS score. The vulnerable driver ships across a wide range of Windows builds, from Windows 10 Version 1809 to Windows 11 Version 24H2 on x64 and ARM64. Because AFD is a core networking driver present by default, any local foothold can be escalated to higher privileges on unpatched hosts.
Do this: Deploy the Microsoft August 2024 patch for CVE-2024-38193 to all affected Windows 10 1809 and Windows 11 24H2 systems immediately, prioritizing internet-facing and multi-user machines.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-21. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38193
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 KB5041160, KB5041571, KB5041573, KB5041578, KB5041580, KB5041585, KB5041592, KB5041773, KB5041782, KB5041823, KB5041828, KB5041838, KB5041847, KB5041850, KB5041851 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-2024-38193. 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.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same updates
- Authoritative references
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