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CVE-2024-43495

CVE-2024-43495 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 2 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

High

High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.3. Fixed by 2 Microsoft security updates.

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Risk summary

CVSS base
7.3
EPSS exploit probability
<1%
Severity
High

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-43495

Windows now ships libarchive, and this remote-code-execution bug in it affects Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2. The EPSS is only 1 percent, reflecting the specific conditions needed to reach the parsing code with a malicious archive. Still, archive-extraction flaws have a long tail of exploitation once proof-of-concept code circulates, so patch it before that changes.

Do this: Apply the Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2 update covering the bundled libarchive component to close this archive-parsing RCE.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-43495

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Schedule normally
No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS under 1%.
Fixed by KB5040438 and 1 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.

Updated August 7, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.

Full tracking and change history for CVE-2024-43495

Published
2024-09-10
Last revised
2024-09-10
Changes tracked
1

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.

Exploitation and severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability <1%. CVSS 7.3 (High).

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

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-43495

Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5040438, KB5040442 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-2024-43495. 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.

KB5040438KB5040442

Affected products

Authoritative references

Official CVE record (cve.org)NVD detailMicrosoft MSRCFIRST.org EPSS

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