Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2024-38080 · Published 09/07/2024 · updated 17/06/2026

Microsoft Windows Hyper-V Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 09/07/2024. Patch affected systems as an emergency.

In short

CVE-2024-38080 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability.
Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the KEV catalog on 09/07/2024.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.1%, higher than 94.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
Windows Microsoft	Versions not published yet (product named by CISA KEV)

Description

Windows Hyper-V Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38080 · Patch
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · US Government Resource
CISA KEV · CVE-2024-38080

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