CVE-2025-29802
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
HIGH
7.3
CVSS Score
Published: April 8, 2025 at 05:24 PM UTC
Updated: August 10, 2026 at 03:39 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorVisual Studio 2022
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Severity
HIGH7.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 17.10.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.12.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.8.20, 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-2025-29802SSVC — 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-427
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