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CISA KEV · ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
HIGH severity

CVE-2019-1068 — Microsoft

HIGH

CVE-2019-1068 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability. It is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-08-26) — treat it as actively exploited and patch now. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server when it incorrectly handles processing of internal functions, aka 'Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Published
Updated
Affected
3 products
Patched
See advisory
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Oct 7, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

Actively exploited in the wild

  • Confirmed by CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-26. Federal agencies were required to remediate by 2026-08-29.
  • A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA (KEV catalog and SSVC triage) for CVE-2019-1068.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
57.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
High Risk+0.27%
Lower risk than most CVEs99th percentile — riskier than 99% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
36.9%45.2%53.6%62.0%41.6%57.3%Apr 26Jul 26Oct 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

CVE-2019-1068 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). In the shaded patch-first corner (EPSS 50%+, CVSS 7.0+).

Where this sits among everything scored

Of 383,485 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the 50–90% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server when it incorrectly handles processing of internal functions, aka 'Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

Affected Products

3 products · 8 configurations
Application
sql servermicrosoft
1 version
2014
Application
sql server 2016microsoft
≥ 13.0.5149.0 && < 13.0.5366.0
range
Application
sql server 2017microsoft
≥ 14.0.3006.16 && < 14.0.3192.2
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Vulnerability

  1. Detect

    Identify every host running the affected component and compare the installed build against the fixed version below — for source-built or distro-packaged software the version string, not a lockfile, is the source of truth (`dpkg -l`, `rpm -q`, or the binary's own `--version`).

  2. Remediation status

    No fixed release is recorded for CVE-2019-1068 yet. Track the upstream advisory, and apply the exposure-reduction steps below in the meantime.

  3. Mitigate without a patch

    If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.

Frequently Asked Questions

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server when it incorrectly handles processing of internal functions, aka 'Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
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Actively Exploited: CVE-2019-1068: Microsoft (High 8.8)