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CVE-2024-49021
CVE-2024-49021 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 8 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 8.8. Fixed by 8 Microsoft security updates.
Risk summary
Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-49021
A remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server itself, affecting the 2016, 2017, and 2019 GDR servicing lines. Severity is High (CVSS 8.8) and EPSS sits at 2 percent, but code execution on a database server lands directly on the data an attacker actually wants. Instances that accept connections from application subnets or user VLANs carry the practical exposure.
Do this: Line up the SQL Server security update for the next maintenance window and verify no instance is directly reachable from user or internet networks.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-49021
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Updated August 7, 2026. Data refreshed on every build from MSRC, CISA KEV, and FIRST EPSS.
Full tracking and change history for CVE-2024-49021
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 1.6%. CVSS 8.8 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-49021
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB5046855, KB5046856, KB5046857, KB5046858, KB5046859, KB5046860, KB5046861, KB5046862 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-2024-49021. 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.
Affected products
Fixed by the same updates
If you are patching CVE-2024-49021, the same updates also fix these:
Authoritative references
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