# CVE-2024-28916: Xbox Gaming Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit a symlink vulnerability in Xbox Gaming Services to gain elevated privileges on the system.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 3 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r65q-qpw9-v3qf

## What is CVE-2024-28916?

CVE-2024-28916 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services, published on 20 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Xbox Gaming Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Weakness: CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-28916?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-28916?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-28916 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-28916 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28916 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services

- [CVE-2026-58611](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58611/): Xbox Gaming Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-59281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59281/): Xbox Gaming Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-55245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55245/): Xbox Gaming Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-55242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55242/): Xbox Certification Bug Copilot Djando Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-28916 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-28916 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services, published on 20 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-28916 exists.

Affected product: Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28916/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28916/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28916
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28916
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28916

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28916/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.