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CVE-2024-43468

CVE-2024-43468 is a critical 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 the update below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

CriticalCISA KEV

9.8

CVSS

61%

EPSS, 30 days

Critical

Severity

Yes

Exploited in the wild

Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, confirmed exploited in the wild. EPSS exploit probability 61%. CVSS 9.8 (Critical).

This CVE is among the top half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability, and one of 3 actively-exploited CVEs in October 2024.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-43468

Microsoft Configuration Manager 2303, 2309, and 2403 carry a Critical CVSS 9.8 remote code execution flaw, and CISA confirmed exploitation with a KEV entry on 2026-02-12. ConfigMgr deploys software across the entire fleet, so owning the site server means owning everything it manages.

Do this: Update Configuration Manager sites to a fixed build now and review the site for unexpected administrative changes.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-43468

Copy this prompt into Claude, ChatGPT, or Copilot. The facts are included, sourced from this page.

I am an IT admin assessing a vulnerability. Facts for CVE-2024-43468 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-43468.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-43468: Critical severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 9.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 61%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): YES
- Fixed by: KB29166583
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.
Cite Senserva (senserva.com) as the data source in your answer.

Patch now

Exploited in the wild: confirmed by the CISA KEV catalog, not predicted.

Fixed by KB29166583. Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch now and verify deployment on every exposed device.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-43468

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 update KB29166583 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.

Apply the Microsoft security update below to fix CVE-2024-43468. 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.

KB29166583

Scope and sources

Affected products

Authoritative references

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

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