CVE-2023-36759: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% 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-822

Description

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0 before 16.11.30 — fixed in 16.11.30
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.2.0 before 17.2.19; from 17.4.0 before 17.4.11; from 17.6.0 before 17.6.7; from 17.7.0 before 17.7.4 — fixed in 17.2.19, 17.4.11, 17.6.7, 17.7.4
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10): from 16.11.0 before 16.11.30 — fixed in 16.11.30
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2: from 17.2.0 before 17.2.19 — fixed in 17.2.19
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4: from 17.4.0 before 17.4.11 — fixed in 17.4.11
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6: from 17.6.0 before 17.6.7 — fixed in 17.6.7
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 2019 16.11.30; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.2.19, 17.4.11, 17.6.7, 17.7.4; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.30; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 17.2.19; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 17.4.11; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 17.6.7; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.7.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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