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CVE-2024-38031

Windows - Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Server

Microsoft CVSS 7.5 Updated March 14, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A denial of service vulnerability exists in the Windows Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Server. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service against the OCSP server, potentially disrupting certificate validation processes."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Service
Target Asset OCSP Server
Standard Path %windir%\System32
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: OCSP Server (Service)
$Targets = 'OCSP Server'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Certificate validation services

Internal Work Notes

Apply latest security updates to mitigate potential denial of service attacks against the Windows OCSP Server.

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