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CVE-2023-36420 — Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS

7.8 HIGH

EPSS

0.43% (top 37.60%)

CWE

CWE-415

Published

2023-10-10T17:08:06.283Z

Last modified

2025-04-14T22:46:38.312Z

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

01What is this vulnerability?

Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR)	15.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR)	16.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server on Windows	17.0.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server on Linux	17.0.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server on MacOS	17.0.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on Windows	18.0.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on Linux	18.0.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on MacOS	18.0.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (CU 8)	15.0.0
Microsoft	Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 22)	15.0.0

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

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No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

msrc.microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36420

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