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CVE-2024-49043

CVE-2024-49043 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. 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.

Risk summary

High

7.8

CVSS v3

1.6%

EPSS, 30 days

High

Severity

Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 1.6%. CVSS 7.8 (High).

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

Senserva AI Opinion for CVE-2024-49043

Database servers are the target here: a remote code execution flaw in Microsoft.SqlServer.XEvent.Configuration.dll affecting SQL Server 2016, 2017, and 2019 GDR builds. It is rated High Severity (CVSS 8.8) with a modest 2 percent EPSS score. SQL Server patching is often deferred for uptime reasons, which is exactly how database-tier flaws linger for years.

Do this: Schedule the SQL Server GDR security update for your 2016 through 2019 instances at the next maintenance window, starting with servers reachable from user networks.

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

Senserva AI Opinion and rich prompt for CVE-2024-49043

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-2024-49043 (source: https://senserva.com/cve/CVE-2024-49043.html, data from MSRC, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS, NVD, refreshed twice a day (5 AM and 3 PM US Central)):
- CVE-2024-49043: High severity Microsoft vulnerability, CVSS 7.8
- EPSS 30-day exploitation probability: 1.6%
- Actively exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed by: KB5046855, KB5046856, KB5046857, KB5046858, KB5046859, KB5046860, KB5046861, KB5046862
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.

Schedule normally

No exploitation observed: not in the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS 2%.

Fixed by KB5046855 and 7 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.

Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-49043

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-2024-49043. 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.

KB5046855 KB5046856 KB5046857 KB5046858 KB5046859 KB5046860 KB5046861 KB5046862

Scope and sources

Affected products

Fixed by the same updates

CVE-2024-38255 CVE-2024-43459 CVE-2024-43462 CVE-2024-48993 CVE-2024-48994 CVE-2024-48995 CVE-2024-48996 CVE-2024-48997

Authoritative references

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

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