CVE-2025-32703: Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 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: 2025-05-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-1220

Description

Insufficient granularity of access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.

Affected products

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.0 before 15.9.73 — fixed in 15.9.73
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0 before 16.11.47 — fixed in 16.11.47
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.8.0 before 17.8.21; from 17.10.0 before 17.10.14; from 17.12.0 before 17.12.8; from 17.13.0 before 17.13.7 — fixed in 17.10.14, 17.12.8, 17.13.7, 17.8.21
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10): from 16.11.0 before 16.11.47 — fixed in 16.11.47
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10: from 17.10.0 before 17.10.14 — fixed in 17.10.14
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13: from 17.13.0 before 17.13.7 — fixed in 17.13.7
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8: from 17.8.0 before 17.8.21 — fixed in 17.8.21
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.9.0 before 15.9.73 — fixed in 15.9.73
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.12.0 before 17.12.8 — fixed in 17.12.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.73; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.11.47; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.10.14, 17.12.8, 17.13.7, 17.8.21; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.47; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 17.10.14; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13 17.13.7; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 17.8.21; Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.73; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.12.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32703

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