CVE-2018-8532: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 23.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) when parsing a malicious XMLA file containing a reference to an external entity, aka "SQL Server Management Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects SQL Server Management Studio 17.9, SQL Server Management Studio 18.0. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8527, CVE-2018-8533.

Affected products

• Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio: version 17.9 only; version 18.0 only

Published 2018-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.