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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-38189

Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Aug 13, 2024 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Microsoft Project

Patch now

CVE-2024-38189 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 3, 2024. Confirm Microsoft Project 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
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
8.19%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe microsoft/365 apps · cpe microsoft/office 2019 · cpe microsoft/office long term servicing channel · cpe microsoft/project 2016 · vendor Microsoft Project

Microsoft Project contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via a malicious file.

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/365 appsversion unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office 2019version unspecified
  • cpe microsoft/office long term servicing channel2021
  • cpe microsoft/project 2016version unspecified
  • vendor Microsoft Projectversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-38189

What to do

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

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-38189 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 3, 2024. Confirm Microsoft Project 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/office long term servicing channel 2021. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. EPSS 8.19%. 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. Aug 13, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

    Microsoft Project contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via a malicious file.

  2. Aug 13, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

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

  3. Sep 3, 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 Project contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via a malicious file.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-38189

    Microsoft Project contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via a malicious file.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-38189

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-38189

    30-day exploitation probability 8.2%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-38189

    Microsoft Project Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-38189

    Microsoft Project contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution via a malicious file.

    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.