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TI-2023-15338 Aliases CVE-2023-32032GHSA-q85v-668x-6fjr

.NET and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, Red Hat and Microsoft. Impact type from Microsoft.

Summary

.NET and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.006 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisoriesMicrosoft: 1 update

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Microsoft.NET 7.07.0.0 to before 7.0.77.0.7Patch availableCNA
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.217.2.0 to before 17.2.1617.2.16Patch availableCNA
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.017.0.0 to before 17.0.2217.0.22Patch availableCNA
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.417.4.0 to before 17.4.817.4.8Patch availableCNA
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.617.6.0 to before 17.6.317.6.3Patch availableCNA
MicrosoftPowerShell 7.37.3.0 to before 7.3.57.3.5Patch availableCNA
  • .NET 7.0 VendorMicrosoft Affected 7.0.0 to before 7.0.7 Fixed in 7.0.7 Patch available CNA
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 VendorMicrosoft Affected 17.2.0 to before 17.2.16 Fixed in 17.2.16 Patch available CNA
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 VendorMicrosoft Affected 17.0.0 to before 17.0.22 Fixed in 17.0.22 Patch available CNA
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 VendorMicrosoft Affected 17.4.0 to before 17.4.8 Fixed in 17.4.8 Patch available CNA
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 VendorMicrosoft Affected 17.6.0 to before 17.6.3 Fixed in 17.6.3 Patch available CNA
  • PowerShell 7.3 VendorMicrosoft Affected 7.3.0 to before 7.3.5 Fixed in 7.3.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.0 to before 7.0.7VulnerableMicrosoft
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.0 to before 17.0.22; 17.2 to before 17.2.16; 17.4 to before 17.4.8; 17.6 to before 17.6.3VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.0 to before 7.0.7 Vulnerable ·Microsoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.0 to before 17.0.22; 17.2 to before 17.2.16; 17.4 to before 17.4.8; 17.6 to before 17.6.3 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2023:3593 Released 2023-06-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    .NET 7.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) aspnetcore-runtime-7.0-7.0.7-1.el8_8, aspnetcore-targeting-pack-7.0-7.0.7-1.el8_8, dotnet-7.0.107-1.el8_8 +9
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) dotnet-sdk-7.0-source-built-artifacts-7.0.107-1.el8_8
  • RHSA-2023:3592 Released 2023-06-14 · Red Hat rating Important
    .NET 7.0 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) aspnetcore-runtime-7.0-7.0.7-1.el9_2, aspnetcore-targeting-pack-7.0-7.0.7-1.el9_2, dotnet-apphost-pack-7.0-7.0.7-1.el9_2 +8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) dotnet-sdk-7.0-source-built-artifacts-7.0.107-1.el9_2

Microsoft 1 update

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:3593
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:3592
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2023:3593
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2023:3592
Not affected: 5 products
  • .NET 6.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • .NET Core 3.1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • .NET Core 5.0 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Microsoft

Microsoft's page for this CVE →

Impact
Elevation of Privilege
Exploited
No
Publicly disclosed
No
Exploitability
Exploitation Less Likely
ProductStatusPlan or fix
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0Fixed 17.0.22 · Security Update
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2Fixed 17.2.16 · Security Update
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4Fixed 17.4.8 · Security Update
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6Fixed 17.6.3 · Security Update
PowerShell 7.3Fixed 7.3.5 · Security Update

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-32032
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q85v-668x-6fjr

References

Patch 1

  • TI-2026-79288 Out-of-bounds write in Google Brotli decoder KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-19596 .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-19588 Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-14152 .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-08380 .NET Core Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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