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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 14, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2025-55240

Description

Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

5
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)v5
    Range: 15.9.0
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)v5
    Range: 16.11.0
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10v5
    Range: 17.10.0
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12v5
    Range: 17.12.0
  • Microsoft/Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14v5
    Range: 17.14.0

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

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