CVE-2025-29804

Published: Apr 8, 2025

Modified: Feb 13, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.3

HIGH

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

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10	affected `17.10.0 - < 17.10.13`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12	affected `17.12.0 - < 17.12.7`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13	affected `17.13.0 - < 17.13.6`
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8	affected `17.8.0 - < 17.8.20`

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

vendor-advisory

patch

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