CVE-2024-49039

CRITICALNVD 8.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-11-12), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 14%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · epss top5pct · public exploitExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
14%
EPSS %ILE
96%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

November 12, 2024

Last Modified

August 4, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. Patch available. Sources: microsoft, cisa.
cisa Patch Available🔴 Active Exploitation

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-49039
microsoft Patch Available

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center. Patch available via Microsoft Security Update

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49039

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 96× in last 7d / 396× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 1,412 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-22 10:09 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-22 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-22 05:49 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-22 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-22 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-22 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-21 19:09 UTCCISA KEV update
  11. 2026-09-21 16:49 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-09-21 16:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-21 12:29 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-21 12:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-21 08:09 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-21 08:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-21 03:49 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-21 03:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-20 23:29 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-20 23:29 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-20 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-20 20:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-20 20:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-20 19:08 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-20 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-20 14:48 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-09-20 14:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-20 10:28 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-20 10:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-20 06:08 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-09-20 06:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-20 01:48 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-20 01:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-19 21:28 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-19 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-19 17:08 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-19 17:08 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-19 17:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-19 15:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-19 12:47 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-09-19 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-19 08:27 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-19 08:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-19 04:06 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-09-19 04:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-18 23:46 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-18 23:46 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-09-18 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-18 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-18 19:26 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-09-18 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-18 19:20 UTCCISA KEV update
  28. 2026-09-18 15:06 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-09-18 15:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-09-18 14:15 UTCCISA KEV update
  31. 2026-09-18 10:46 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-09-18 10:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-18 06:26 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-09-18 06:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-18 02:06 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-09-18 02:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-17 21:46 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-09-17 21:46 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-09-17 21:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-17 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-09-17 17:26 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-09-17 17:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-09-17 13:06 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-17 13:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-17 08:46 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-09-17 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-17 04:26 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-09-17 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-09-17 00:06 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-09-17 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-09-16 19:46 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-16 19:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-09-16 15:26 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-09-16 15:26 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-09-16 15:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-09-16 14:10 UTCCISA KEV update
  57. 2026-09-16 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-09-16 11:06 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-09-16 11:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-09-16 06:45 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-09-16 06:45 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-09-16 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-09-16 05:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  64. 2026-09-16 02:26 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-09-16 02:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-09-15 22:04 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-09-15 22:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-09-15 17:43 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-09-15 17:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-09-15 13:23 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-09-15 13:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-09-15 09:03 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-09-15 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-09-15 04:43 UTCEG score recompute
  75. 2026-09-15 04:43 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCje5442804/WPTaskScheduler_CVE-2024-49039
    First seen Nov 19, 2024

    WPTaskScheduler RPC Persistence & CVE-2024-49039 via Task Scheduler

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2024-49039?
CVE-2024-49039 is a critical vulnerability published on November 12, 2024. Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
When was CVE-2024-49039 disclosed?
CVE-2024-49039 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on November 12, 2024, with the most recent update on August 4, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-49039 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2024-49039 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 12, 2024, affecting Microsoft Windows. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-49039?
CVE-2024-49039 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2024-49039?
CVE-2024-49039 affects Microsoft Windows. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2024-49039?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-49039, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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