CVE-2026-77481
Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.8
Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-77481- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
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 - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-73824
8.8
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
EUVD-2026-73824- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x655-787w-f787
8.8
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a...
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
GHSA-x655-787w-f787- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.8
Heap-based buffer overflow in SQL Server allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- Record
CVE-2026-77481- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft sql server 2017 (cu 31)
- microsoft sql server 2017 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2019 (cu 32)
- microsoft sql server 2019 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2022 (cu 26)
- microsoft sql server 2022 (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2025 (cu8)
- microsoft sql server 2025 for x64-based systems (gdr)
- microsoft sql server 2017
- microsoft sql server 2019
- microsoft sql server 2022
- microsoft sql server 2025
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-77481 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Microsoft Sql Server 2017 (cu 31), published September 8, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.91%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.