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CVE-2023-38169

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-38169 is a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft SQL OLE DB, ODBC Driver for SQL Server, and SQL Server. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community. Organizations should prioritize patching to mitigate this significant risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
17.0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:odbc_driver_for_sql_server:17.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
17.0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:odbc_driver_for_sql_server:17.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*
17.0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:odbc_driver_for_sql_server:17.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
17.10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:odbc_driver_for_sql_server:17.10.3.1:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
17.10.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:odbc_driver_for_sql_server:17.10.3.1:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft OLE DB Driver 19 for SQL ServerFixed in: 19.3.0001.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18 for SQL ServerFixed in: 18.6.0006.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on LinuxFixed in: 18.2.1.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server on MacOSFixed in: 17.10.4.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (CU 5)Fixed in: 16.0.4053.3
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server on LinuxFixed in: 17.10.4.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on MacOSFixed in: 18.2.1.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2019 for x64-based Systems (CU 21)Fixed in: 15.0.4316.3
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server on WindowsFixed in: 17.10.4.1
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server on WindowsFixed in: 18.2.2.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Aug/CVE-2023-38169Important

Microsoft SQL OLE DB Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Aug 8, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38169
PatchVendor Advisory