CVE-2024-20656
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 9, 2024 at 05:57 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:07 AM UTC
5 products affected across 1 vendorVisual Studio 2022Visual StudioVisual Studio 2019
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
14.0.0 ≤ v < 14.0.27560.0017.6.0 ≤ v < 17.6.112015 update3
Affected range stops below 14.0.27560.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.6.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.9.59, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.11.33, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
17.2 ≤ v < 17.2.2317.2.0 ≤ v < 17.2.2317.4 ≤ v < 17.4.1517.4.0 ≤ v < 17.4.1517.6 ≤ v < 17.6.1117.6.0 ≤ v < 17.6.1117.2.017.4.017.6.0
Affected range stops below 17.2.23, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.6.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
14.0.0 ≤ v < 14.0.27560.0014.0.0
Affected range stops below 14.0.27560.00, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20656SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.8HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59NVD-CWE-noinfo
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