Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2024-21410

Microsoft Exchange Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Feb 13, 2024 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Microsoft Exchange Server

Patch now

CVE-2024-21410 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 7, 2024. Confirm Microsoft Exchange Server against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
12.56%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/exchange server · vendor Microsoft Exchange Server

Microsoft Exchange Server contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe microsoft/exchange server2016
  • cpe microsoft/exchange server2019
  • vendor Microsoft Exchange Serverversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-21410

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-21410 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 7, 2024. Confirm Microsoft Exchange Server against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with microsoft/exchange server 2016; microsoft/exchange server 2019. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 12.56%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 13, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Exchange Server contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

  2. Feb 15, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Mar 7, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    Microsoft Exchange Server contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-21410

    Microsoft Exchange Server contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-21410

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-21410

    30-day exploitation probability 12.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-21410

    Microsoft Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-21410

    Microsoft Exchange Server contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.