KB5046057: Security update for SQL Server 2022, GDR branch, October 2024. Change Data Capture issues fixed; elevation flaw addressed
Addresses an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in SQL Server and fixes known Change Data Capture issues introduced in the September GDR.
Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices running SQL Server 2022 or a SQL Server 2022 GDR release. The update is optional on computers that do not host SQL Server Reporting Services.
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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Fixes known functional issues in Change Data Capture that were introduced in the September GDR.1
SQL Server Engine; bug reference 3496559.
Technical details
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Data sheet
- Released
- 2024-10-08
- Classification
- Security Updates
- Type
- Cumulative update
- Servicing branch
- GDR
- Restart
- Required
- Replaces
- KB5042211, KB5040936, KB5035432, KB5032968
- Replaced by
- KB5046861
| Version | Build | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16.0.1130.5 | General availability |
Security
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS |
|---|---|---|
|
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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Important | 8.8 |
Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)
Sources
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
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