CVE-2025-21206

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)>= 15.9.0, < 15.9.70
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)>= 16.11.0, < 16.11.44
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10>= 17.10.0, < 17.10.11
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12>= 17.12.0, < 17.12.5
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8>= 17.8.0, < 17.8.18

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 11, 2025
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed

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