KB5046056: Security update for SQL Server 2019, GDR branch, October 2024. Elevation-of-privilege flaw fixed; CDC problems corrected
In short
Fixes one Important SQL Server elevation-of-privilege vulnerability and corrects Change Data Capture functional issues introduced in the September GDR.
Does it affect you? Applies to: SQL Server 2019 instances using the GDR servicing branch. The update package is for x64 systems.
For servers on the GDR branch: they get security fixes only. Servers that install cumulative updates (CU branch) get a separate update. Which branch am I on?
What changes
Fix 1 change
Replication
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Change Data Capture (CDC) no longer has the functional issues introduced in the September GDR.1
Fixes bug reference 3496774.
Technical details
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Data sheet
- Released
- 2024-10-08
- Classification
- Security Updates
- Type
- Cumulative update
- Servicing branch
- GDR
- Restart
- Required
- Replaces
- KB5042214, KB5040986, KB5035434
- Replaced by
- KB5046859
| Version | Build | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 15.0.2125.1 | General availability |
Security
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS |
|---|---|---|
|
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)
Package
2019
494.9 MB
Sources
Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (1)
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Fixes known functional issues that occur in the Change Data Capture (CDC) feature and that were introduced in the September GDR.
support.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 1 quoted passage · compared with Microsoft's page on Oct 20, 2026
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