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CVE-2022-35826: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-08-09 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio: 2012-update_5, 2013-update_5, 2015-update3
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): 15.9
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: 16.9, 16.11
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: 17.0, 17.2
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5: from 11.0.0 before 11.0.61252.0 — fixed in 11.0.61252.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5: from 12.0.0 before 12.0.40699.0 — fixed in 12.0.40699.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3: from 14.0.0 before 14.0.27552.0 — fixed in 14.0.27552.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10): from 16.11.0 before 16.11.18 — fixed in 16.11.18
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8): from 15.0.0 before 16.9.24 — fixed in 16.9.24
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0: from 17.0.0 before 17.0.13 — fixed in 17.0.13
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2: from 17.2.0 before 17.2.7 — fixed in 17.2.7
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.9.0 before 15.9.50 — fixed in 15.9.50

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5 11.0.61252.0; Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5 12.0.40699.0; Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 14.0.27552.0; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.18; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8) 16.9.24; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 17.0.13; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 17.2.7; Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.50. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35826
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35826

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