CVE-2024-26186: 
vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-26186) is a security flaw affecting multiple versions of Microsoft SQL Server, including SQL Server 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022. The vulnerability was disclosed on September 10, 2024, and received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) (NVD).

The vulnerability has been classified as a Use After Free (CWE-416) issue. It has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. This indicates that the vulnerability is network-accessible, requires low attack complexity, needs low privileges, requires no user interaction, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

The vulnerability can potentially lead to remote code execution, affecting the security of SQL Server installations. The high CVSS score indicates that successful exploitation could result in significant compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).

Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available in SQL Server 2016 (13.0.6441.1), SQL Server 2017 (14.0.2060.1 and 14.0.3475.1), SQL Server 2019 (15.0.2120.1 and 15.0.4390.2), and SQL Server 2022 (16.0.1125.1 and 16.0.4140.3) (NVD).