CVE-2026-40370SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.56%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 53% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
External control of file name or path in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 31 days later
· 31 days later
Published
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.56% · top 53% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR)
- affected 13.0.0 – < 13.0.6490.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
- affected 13.0.0 – < 13.0.7085.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31)
- affected 14.0.0 – < 14.0.3530.2
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR)
- affected 14.0.0 – < 14.0.2110.2
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 32)
- affected 15.0.0.0 – < 15.0.4470.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR)
- affected 15.0.0 – < 15.0.2170.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR)
- affected 16.0.0 – < 16.0.1180.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (CU 24)
- affected 16.0.0.0 – < 16.0.4252.3
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2025 (CU 4)
- affected 17.0.4040.1 – < 17.0.4040.1
Microsoft · Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (GDR)
- affected 17.0.1050.2 – < 17.0.1115.1
References
References1
- SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-29652 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-40370)Record last updated .