TI-2020-00854 Aliases CVE-2020-0884 GHSA-qhw6-g646-98wf

Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version…

LOW 21CWE-319Published 2020-03-12 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-319.

Summary

A spoofing vulnerability exists in Microsoft Visual Studio as it includes a reply URL that is not secured by SSL, aka 'Microsoft Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability'.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01671 76th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8)	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2019	16.0	—	No fix listed	CNA
Microsoft	Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8) VendorMicrosoft Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 VendorMicrosoft Affected 16.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3) VendorMicrosoft Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017::::::::	15.1 – 15.8	Vulnerable	Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::	16.0 – 16.3	Vulnerable	Microsoft

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 – 15.8 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 16.0 – 16.3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-0884
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qhw6-g646-98wf

References

Patch 1

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2020-0884

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Sources

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