CVE-2025-24998: 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: 2025-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.0 before 15.9.71 — fixed in 15.9.71
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0 before 16.11.45 — fixed in 16.11.45
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.8.0 before 17.8.19; from 17.10.0 before 17.10.12; from 17.12.0 before 17.12.6; from 17.13.0 before 17.13.3 — fixed in 17.10.12, 17.12.6, 17.13.3, 17.8.19
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10): from 16.11.0 before 16.11.45 — fixed in 16.11.45
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10: from 17.10.0 before 17.10.12 — fixed in 17.10.12
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13: from 17.13.0 before 17.13.3 — fixed in 17.13.3
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8: from 17.8.0 before 17.8.19 — fixed in 17.8.19
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.9.0 before 15.9.71 — fixed in 15.9.71
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.12.0 before 17.12.6 — fixed in 17.12.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.71; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.11.45; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.10.12, 17.12.6, 17.13.3, 17.8.19; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.45; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 17.10.12; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 17.13.3; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 17.8.19; Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.71; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.12.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24998

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