CVE-2025-55240HighCVSS 7.3
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
🎯 Affected products5
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
✅ Remediation
KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 15.9.77 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 16.11.52 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 17.10.20 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 17.12.13 KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 17.14.17
🔗 References (9)
- advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55240
- patchhttp://aka.ms/vs/15/release/latest
- referencehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releasenotes/vs2017-relnotes
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11
- referencehttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2019/release-notes-v16.11
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
- referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
- patchhttps://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14