Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-26231

High

Published: 09 April 2024

Published
09 April 2024
Modified
08 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0271 86.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-26231 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2016. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 13.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
windows server 2016
≤ 10.0.14393.6897
microsoft
windows server 2019
≤ 10.0.17763.5696
microsoft
windows server 2022
≤ 10.0.20348.2402
microsoft
windows server 2022 23h2
≤ 10.0.25398.830

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.

addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References