CVE-2026-54118

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.15 BB Relevance: 80/100
Published: 2026-07-14 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

Deserialization of untrusted data in SQL Server allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Affected Software (30)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR) 13.0.0 < 13.0.6500.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 (GDR) 13.0.0 < 13.0.6500.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Azure Connect Feature Pack 13.0.0 < 13.0.7095.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 3 Azure Connect Feature Pack 13.0.0 < 13.0.7095.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31) 14.0.0 < 14.0.3540.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (CU 31) 14.0.0 < 14.0.3540.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR) 14.0.0 < 14.0.2120.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR) 14.0.0 < 14.0.2120.1
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 32) 15.0.0.0 < 15.0.4480.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 32) 15.0.0.0 < 15.0.4480.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR) 15.0.0 < 15.0.2180.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (GDR) 15.0.0 < 15.0.2180.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR) 16.0.0 < 16.0.1190.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (GDR) 16.0.0 < 16.0.1190.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (CU 25) 16.0.4260.1 < 16.0.4262.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2022 for x64-based Systems (CU 25) 16.0.4260.1 < 16.0.4262.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 (CU 6) 17.0.4060.2 < 17.0.4060.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 (CU 6) 17.0.4060.2 < 17.0.4060.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (GDR) 17.0.1050.2 < 17.0.1125.2
Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2025 for x64-based Systems (GDR) 17.0.1050.2 < 17.0.1125.2
microsoft sql_server_2016 13.0.6300.2 – 13.0.6500.1
microsoft sql_server_2016 13.0.7000.253 – 13.0.7095.1
microsoft sql_server_2017 14.0.1000.169 – 14.0.2120.1
microsoft sql_server_2017 14.0.3006.16 – 14.0.3540.1
microsoft sql_server_2019 15.0.2000.5 – 15.0.2180.2
microsoft sql_server_2019 15.0.4003.23 – 15.0.4480.2
microsoft sql_server_2022 16.0.1000.6 – 16.0.1190.2
microsoft sql_server_2022 16.0.4003.1 – 16.0.4262.2
microsoft sql_server_2025 17.0.1000.7 – 17.0.1125.2
microsoft sql_server_2025 17.0.4006.2 – 17.0.4060.2

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

80 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.53%
Raw Score 0.015320
Percentile 74.7%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.01532
2026-10-28
0.01532

Intelligence Sources

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