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CVE-2024-38260

CVE-2024-38260 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High). Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 9 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

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Microsoft rates it Important. CVSS 8.8 (High). Fixed by 9 Microsoft security updates.

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Risk summary

High

8.8

CVSS v3

1.6%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 1.6%. CVSS 8.8 (High).

This CVE is among the top 10% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-38260

The Remote Desktop Licensing Service on Windows Server 2019 and 2022 carries this Critical CVSS 9.8 remote code execution flaw with a 71 percent EPSS probability. Licensing servers are often left reachable across the network because RDS infrastructure depends on them, giving this bug a real remote surface in terminal server environments. No KEV listing exists yet.

Do this: Patch RDS licensing servers now and firewall the licensing service so only session hosts can reach it.

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

Schedule normally

No exploitation observed as of 2026-11-10: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 2%.

Fixed by KB5042880 and 8 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.

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-38260

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I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-38260 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-38260.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed daily (early morning US Central)):
- CVE-2024-38260: Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft rating Important, CVSS 8.8 (High)
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 1.6%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5042880, KB5042881, KB5043050, KB5043051, KB5043055, KB5043092, KB5043125, KB5043129, KB5043138
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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Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-38260

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5042880, KB5042881, KB5043050, KB5043051, KB5043055, KB5043092, KB5043125, KB5043129, KB5043138 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-2024-38260. 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.

KB5042880 KB5042881 KB5043050 KB5043051 KB5043055 KB5043092 KB5043125 KB5043129 KB5043138

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-38014 CVE-2024-38217 CVE-2024-43461 CVE-2024-38234 CVE-2024-38235 CVE-2024-38254 CVE-2024-38256 CVE-2024-43487

Authoritative references

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

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