# CVE-2024-49071: Windows Defender Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> An authorized attacker can disclose sensitive information from Windows Defender Global Files search indexes over a network.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-49ff-m2jv-96mv

## What is CVE-2024-49071?

CVE-2024-49071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows, published on 12 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper authorization of an index that contains sensitive information from a Global Files search in Windows Defender allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

Weakness: CWE-612 (Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-49071?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-49071?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-49071 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-49071 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-49071 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-49071 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows, published on 12 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-49071 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Windows. 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-2024-49071/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49071/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49071
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49071
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49071

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-49071/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.