CVE-2024-38163: Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-08-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 10: before 10.0.19041.3920 — fixed in 10.0.19041.3920
Microsoft Windows 10: before 10.0.19041.3920 — fixed in 10.0.19041.3920
Microsoft Windows 11 21H2: before 10.0.22000.2710 — fixed in 10.0.22000.2710
Microsoft Windows Server 2022: before 10.0.20348.2201 — fixed in 10.0.20348.2201
Microsoft Windows 10: from 10.0.19043.0 before 10.0.19041.3920 — fixed in 10.0.19041.3920
Microsoft Windows 10: from 10.0.19045.0 before 10.0.19041.3920 — fixed in 10.0.19041.3920
Microsoft Windows 11 21H2: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.22000.2710 — fixed in 10.0.22000.2710
Microsoft Windows Server 2022: from 10.0.20348.0 before 10.0.20348.2201 — fixed in 10.0.20348.2201

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.19041.3920; Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.19041.3920; Microsoft Windows 11 21H2 10.0.22000.2710; Microsoft Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.2201; Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.19041.3920; Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.19041.3920; Microsoft Windows 11 21H2 10.0.22000.2710; Microsoft Windows Server 2022 10.0.20348.2201. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38163

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