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CVE record · CVE-2023-21528

Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.0040 · 34th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 14 Feb 2023, 19:32 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 3 (QFE)
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.50.6785.2 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 4 (QFE)
  • affected 10.0.0 to before 10.0.6814.4 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2012 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 4 (QFE)
  • affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.7512.11 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 4 (QFE)
  • affected 11.0.0 to before 11.0.7512.11 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (CU 4)
  • affected 12.0.0 to before 12.0.6174.8 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 3 (GDR)
  • affected 12.0.0 to before 12.0.6444.4 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR)
  • affected 13.0.0 to before 13.0.6430.49 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Azure Connect Feature Pack
  • affected 13.0.0 to before 13.0.7024.30 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31)
  • affected 14.0.0 to before 14.0.3460.9 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR)
  • affected 14.0.0 to before 14.0.2047.8 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 18)
  • affected 15.0.0 to before 15.0.4280.7 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR)
  • affected 15.0.0 to before 15.0.2101.7 custom
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR)
  • affected 16.0.0 to before 16.0.1050.5 custom
Identifiers
CVE-2023-21528
CNA
microsoft
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-122
Tags
Published
14 Feb 2023
Updated
2 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
7.8 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C CNA (microsoft)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0040, the 34th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 14 Feb 2023, 19:32 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 14 Feb 2023, 20:15 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.