CVE tracker / CVE-2024-49128

CVE-2024-49128

CVE-2024-49128 is the Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. Microsoft rates it Critical, CVSS 8.1. It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Published December 10, 2024.

Risk summary

HighRemote Code Execution

8.1

CVSS v3 base

1.2%

EPSS: chance of exploitation in 30 days

High

Severity

Critical

Microsoft's rating

Less Likely

Microsoft: exploitation

In CISA KEV

Microsoft describes it: “Sensitive data storage in improperly locked memory in Windows Remote Desktop Services allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.”

How to fix it

Microsoft lists 13 affected products and the update that fixes each:

KB5058383 · fixed build 10.0.14393.8066
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2016
KB5058384 · fixed build 10.0.25398.1611
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)
KB5058385 · fixed build 10.0.20348.3692
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2022
KB5058392 · fixed build 10.0.17763.7314
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2019
KB5058403 · fixed build 6.3.9600.22577
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012 R2
KB5058411 · fixed build 10.0.26100.4061
Windows Server 2025, Windows Server 2025 (Server Core installation)
KB5058451 · fixed build 6.2.9200.25475
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation), Windows Server 2012

What Microsoft changed

December 16, 2024: Updated acknowledgment. This is an informational change only.
December 10, 2024: Information published.
May 13, 2025: To comprehensively address CVE-2024-49128, Microsoft has released May 2025 security updates for all affected versions of Windows Server. Microsoft recommends that customers install the updates to be fully protected from the vulnerability. Customers whose systems are configured to receive automatic updates do not need to take any further action.

Details

Weakness: CWE-591: Sensitive Data Storage in Improperly Locked Memory
Publicly disclosed (Microsoft): No
Exploited (Microsoft): No
Known exploited (CISA KEV): Not listed
Published: December 10, 2024
Last revised: May 13, 2025

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References

Microsoft Security Update Guide NVD CVE record CWE

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