CVE-2022-21871: Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-01-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.0 before 15.9.44 — fixed in 15.9.44
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0 before 16.7.25; from 16.8 before 16.9.17 — fixed in 16.7.25, 16.9.17
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507: before 10.0.10240.19177 — fixed in 10.0.10240.19177
Microsoft Windows 10 1607: before 10.0.14393.4886 — fixed in 10.0.14393.4886
Microsoft Windows 10: before 10.0.17763.2452 — fixed in 10.0.17763.2452
Microsoft Windows 10 1909: before 10.0.18363.2037 — fixed in 10.0.18363.2037
Microsoft Windows 10 20H2: before 10.0.19042.1466 — fixed in 10.0.19042.1466
Microsoft Windows 10 21H1: before 10.0.19043.1466 — fixed in 10.0.19043.1466
Microsoft Windows 10: before 10.0.19044.1466 — fixed in 10.0.19044.1466
Microsoft Windows 11 21H2: before 10.0.22000.434 — fixed in 10.0.22000.434
Microsoft Windows Server: 2022
Microsoft Windows Server 2016: 20h2
Microsoft Windows Server 2019: all versions
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3: from 14.0.0 before 27551.00 — fixed in 27551.00
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6): from 16.0.0 before 16.7.25 — fixed in 16.7.25
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8): from 15.0.0 before 16.9.17 — fixed in 16.9.17
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.9.0 before 15.9.44 — fixed in 15.9.44
Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507: from 10.0.10240.0 before 10.0.10240.19177 — fixed in 10.0.10240.19177
Microsoft Windows 10 1607: from 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.4886 — fixed in 10.0.14393.4886
Microsoft Windows 10: from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.2452 — fixed in 10.0.17763.2452
Microsoft Windows 10 1909: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.18363.2037 — fixed in 10.0.18363.2037
Microsoft Windows 10 20H2: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.19042.1466 — fixed in 10.0.19042.1466
Microsoft Windows 10 21H1: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.19043.1466 — fixed in 10.0.19043.1466
Microsoft Windows 10: from 10.0.19043.0 before 10.0.19043.1466 — fixed in 10.0.19043.1466
Microsoft Windows 11 21H2: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.22000.434 — fixed in 10.0.22000.434
Microsoft Windows Server 2016: from 10.0.14393.0 before 10.0.14393.4886 — fixed in 10.0.14393.4886
Microsoft Windows Server 2019: from 10.0.17763.0 before 10.0.17763.2452 — fixed in 10.0.17763.2452
Microsoft Windows Server 2022: from 10.0.20348.0 before 10.0.20348.469 — fixed in 10.0.20348.469
Microsoft Windows Server version 20H2: from 10.0.0 before 10.0.19042.1466 — fixed in 10.0.19042.1466

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.44; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.7.25, 16.9.17; Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1507 10.0.10240.19177; Microsoft Windows 10 1607 10.0.14393.4886; Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.17763.2452; Microsoft Windows 10 1909 10.0.18363.2037; Microsoft Windows 10 20H2 10.0.19042.1466; Microsoft Windows 10 21H1 10.0.19043.1466; Microsoft Windows 10 10.0.19044.1466; Microsoft Windows 11 21H2 10.0.22000.434; Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 27551.00; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6) 16.7.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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