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CVE-2025-29804: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 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: 2025-04-08 · updated 2026-08-10
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.8.0 before 17.8.20; from 17.10.0 before 17.10.13; from 17.12.0 before 17.12.7; from 17.13.0 before 17.13.6 — fixed in 17.10.13, 17.12.7, 17.13.6, 17.8.20
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10: from 17.10.0 before 17.10.13 — fixed in 17.10.13
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13: from 17.13.0 before 17.13.6 — fixed in 17.13.6
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8: from 17.8.0 before 17.8.20 — fixed in 17.8.20
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.12.0 before 17.12.7 — fixed in 17.12.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.10.13, 17.12.7, 17.13.6, 17.8.20; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 17.10.13; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 17.13.6; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 17.8.20; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.12.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29804

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