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CVE-2024-38076: Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 40/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 82.3% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.7159; Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.7159; Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.6054.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Add it to your regular patch cycle. Upgrade to Windows Server 2016 10.0.14393.7159; Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation) 10.0.14393.7159; Windows Server 2019 10.0.17763.6054 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Published
Jul 9, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
2.1% · 82th percentile

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Action score

40

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
—
CNA · microsoft
9.8
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
microsoftwindows server 2016
microsoftwindows server 2019
microsoftwindows server 2022
microsoftwindows server 2022 23h2

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (microsoft). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016

    • 10.0.14393.0 and later · before 10.0.14393.7159affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)

    • 10.0.14393.0 and later · before 10.0.14393.7159affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019

    • 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.6054affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)

    • 10.0.17763.0 and later · before 10.0.17763.6054affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022

    • 10.0.20348.0 and later · before 10.0.20348.2582affected

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)

    • 10.0.25398.0 and later · before 10.0.25398.1009affected
Affected versions · NVD (4)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • microsoft windows server 2016before 10.0.14393.7159
  • microsoft windows server 2019before 10.0.17763.6054
  • microsoft windows server 2022before 10.0.20348.2582
  • microsoft windows server 2022 23h2before 10.0.25398.1009

Same product

microsoft: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    40Plan
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  • CVE-2026-88234Windows iSCSI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    39Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-26233Apr 9, 2024 · Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-38072Jul 9, 2024 · Windows Remote Desktop Licensing Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2024-38100Jul 9, 2024 · Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Windows Server 201610.0.14393.7159 · KB5040434Microsoft (MSRC)
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)10.0.14393.7159 · KB5040434Microsoft (MSRC)
Windows Server 201910.0.17763.6054 · KB5040430Microsoft (MSRC)
Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation)10.0.17763.6054 · KB5040430Microsoft (MSRC)
Windows Server 202210.0.20348.2582 · KB5040437Microsoft (MSRC)
Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation)10.0.20348.2582 · KB5040437Microsoft (MSRC)
Windows Server 2022, 23H2 Edition (Server Core installation)10.0.25398.1009 · KB5040438Microsoft (MSRC)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2025-49666364 days apartWindows Server Setup and Boot Event Collection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2023-32083364 days apartMicrosoft Failover Cluster Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    19Monitor

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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