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CVE-2023-36758: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.7 through 17.7.4
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.7.0 before 17.7.4 — fixed in 17.7.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.7.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36758
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36758

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