CVE-2025-21206
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: February 11, 2025 at 05:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:42 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorVisual Studio 2022Visual Studio 2019Visual Studio 2017
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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 15.9.70, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.11.44, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
17.10 ≤ v < 17.10.1117.10.0 ≤ v < 17.10.1117.12 ≤ v < 17.12.517.12.0 ≤ v < 17.12.517.8 ≤ v < 17.8.1817.8.0 ≤ v < 17.8.1817.10.017.12.017.8.0
Affected range stops below 17.10.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.12.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.8.18, 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-2025-21206SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7.3HIGHmicrosoft
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-427NVD-CWE-noinfo
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