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CVE-2025-21405: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 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: 2025-01-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.12.0 before 17.12.4 — fixed in 17.12.4
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.12.0 before 17.12.4 — fixed in 17.12.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.12.4; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.12.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21405

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