KB5058716: Security update for SQL Server 2017, GDR branch, July 2025. Information disclosure flaw and Setup restart issue fixed
The update fixes a publicly disclosed information-disclosure vulnerability and a problem introduced by an earlier Windows update that caused restarts and stopped SQL Setup from continuing.
Does it affect you? Applies to: SQL Server 2017 systems using the GDR servicing branch; the update brings the product to build 14.0.2075.8. It 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
Fixes 2 changes
Query Execution
For: SQL Server systems
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In rare cases, SQL Server no longer reads unintended memory while processing data whose parameter length varies.1
Fixes the reading of uninitialized memory when using variable length parameters.
Patching
For: Windows systems running SQL Server
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A problem introduced by an earlier Windows update that caused restarts and stopped SQL Server Setup from continuing is fixed.2
When SQL Server updates are applied, the value of the
PendingFileRenameOperationsregistry key is deleted.
Technical details
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Data sheet
- Released
- 2025-07-08
- Classification
- Security Updates
- Type
- Cumulative update
- Servicing branch
- GDR
- Restart
- Required
- Replaces
- KB5046857, KB5046058, KB5042217, KB5040942
- Replaced by
- KB5063760
| Version | Build | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.0.2075.8 | General availability |
Security
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS |
|---|---|---|
|
Microsoft SQL Server Information Disclosure Vulnerability
|
Important | 7.5 |
Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)
Sources
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (2)
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1.
Fixes an issue in which uninitialized memory can be read in some rare cases when using variable length parameters.
support.microsoft.com -
2.
Fixes an issue that was introduced in a previous Windows update that causes restarts and prevents Setup from continuing.
support.microsoft.com
Checked automatically: 8 of 8 checks passed, 2 quoted passages · compared with Microsoft's page on Oct 20, 2026
- Quotes found in the official pages: passed
- Numbers found in the sources: passed
- Vulnerabilities from the dossier only: passed
- Links to allowed domains only: passed
- Every official change covered: passed
- Readable plain text: passed
- Changes confirmed by the file list: passed
- Sources agree: passed
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