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CVE-2025-55240: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-10-14 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
Improper access control 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 15.9.77 — fixed in 15.9.77
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0 before 16.11.52 — fixed in 16.11.52
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.10.0 before 17.10.20; from 17.12.0 before 17.12.13; from 17.14.0 before 17.14.17 — fixed in 17.10.20, 17.12.13, 17.14.17
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10): from 16.11.0 before 16.11.52 — fixed in 16.11.52
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10: from 17.10.0 before 17.10.20 — fixed in 17.10.20
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.9.0 before 15.9.77 — fixed in 15.9.77
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: from 17.12.0 before 17.12.13 — fixed in 17.12.13
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.77; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.11.52; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.10.20, 17.12.13, 17.14.17; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.52; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 17.10.20; Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.77; Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.12.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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