CVE-2024-26186
Published: 10 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-26186 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Sql Server 2017. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-26186 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting the Native Scoring component of Microsoft SQL Server. It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.8 and is linked to CWE-416 use-after-free weaknesses.
An attacker with low privileges can exploit the flaw over a network connection without user interaction, achieving full remote code execution that impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the target system.
The Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26186 supplies official guidance on patches and mitigation steps. The associated EPSS score reached a modest peak of 0.0517 before receding to its current value of 0.0409, indicating limited post-disclosure exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-23462
Vulnerability details
Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.