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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-38080

Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Jul 9, 2024 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Microsoft Windows

Patch now

CVE-2024-38080 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 30, 2024. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
7.12%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/windows 11 21h2 · cpe microsoft/windows 11 22h2 · cpe microsoft/windows 11 23h2 · cpe microsoft/windows server 2022 · cpe microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2 · vendor Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows Hyper-V contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe microsoft/windows 11 21h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 11 22h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows 11 23h2version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows server 2022version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/windows server 2022 23h2version unspecified
  • vendor Microsoft Windowsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-38080

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-38080 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jul 30, 2024. Confirm Microsoft Windows against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-190: Integer Overflow. EPSS 7.12%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

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. Jul 9, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Windows Hyper-V contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

  2. Jul 9, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Jul 30, 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 Windows Hyper-V contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-38080

    Microsoft Windows Hyper-V contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-38080

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-38080

    30-day exploitation probability 7.1%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-38080

    Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-38080

    Microsoft Windows Hyper-V contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a local attacker with user permissions to gain SYSTEM privileges.

    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.