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CVE-2024-43631

CVE-2024-43631 is a Microsoft vulnerability that Microsoft rates Important, with a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium). Its EPSS score puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 85%. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 7 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.

Risk summary

Medium

6.7

CVSS v3

85%

EPSS, 30 days

Medium

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 85%. CVSS 6.7 (Medium).

This CVE is among the top 5% of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-43631

This is another Secure Kernel Mode elevation bug in the same family, this time reaching Windows Server 2022 and Windows 10 21H2. An 82 percent EPSS score signals a high predicted chance of exploitation even though no confirmed attacks or ransomware use are on record yet. Any host where VBS or Credential Guard is relied on to stop privilege escalation should treat this as undermining that protection.

Do this: Roll the update out to Server 2022 fleets on the same schedule as other Secure Kernel patches this cycle, don't treat it as lower priority just because it lacks a KEV listing.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-43631

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-2024-43631 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-43631.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed daily (early morning US Central)):
- CVE-2024-43631: Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft rating Important, CVSS 6.7 (Medium)
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 85%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5046613, KB5046616, KB5046617, KB5046618, KB5046633, KB5046696, KB5046698
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 this cycle

Not confirmed exploited yet, but the 30-day exploit probability is high (EPSS 85%).

Fixed by KB5046613 and 6 more (by build, listed below). Download from the Microsoft Update Catalog, or deploy via Windows Update, Intune, or WSUS.

Do this now: Patch in this maintenance window; do not let it slip to the next one.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-43631

High priority: EPSS puts the odds of near-term exploitation high. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5046613, KB5046616, KB5046617, KB5046618, KB5046633, KB5046696, KB5046698 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-2024-43631. 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.

KB5046613 KB5046616 KB5046617 KB5046618 KB5046633 KB5046696 KB5046698

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-49039 CVE-2024-43451 CVE-2024-43639 CVE-2024-43620 CVE-2024-43621 CVE-2024-43622 CVE-2024-43624 CVE-2024-43627

Authoritative references

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

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