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TI-2025-15370 Aliases CVE-2025-21405GHSA-4f6p-j74c-h2q4

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Priority LOW 35CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from Microsoft.

Summary

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00546 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 (Microsoft): 17.12.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MicrosoftMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1217.12.0 to before 17.12.417.12.4Patch availableCNA
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 VendorMicrosoft Affected 17.12.0 to before 17.12.4 Fixed in 17.12.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.12.0 to before 17.12.4VulnerableMicrosoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.12.0 to before 17.12.4 Vulnerable ·Microsoft

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 (Microsoft) Fixed in 17.12.4

Vendor assessments

Microsoft

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Impact
Elevation of Privilege
Exploited
No
Publicly disclosed
No
Exploitability
Exploitation Less Likely
ProductStatusPlan or fix
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12Fixed 17.12.4 · Security Update

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-21405
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4f6p-j74c-h2q4

References

Patch 1

  • 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-2025-34970 ASP.NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2023-19588 Microsoft QUIC Denial of Service Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-19132 Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-16266 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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