CVE-2022-41042

highpriority · track · 1EPSS 0.025 · 84 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.47% (84th) EPSS

CVSS 7.4 · high

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · msrc_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedVisual Studio Codemsrc_csaf
1.72.1:Security Update:https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_72
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_72

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.4

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 2.8 · impact 4

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-200USLLM-inferred

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:version_16.11
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:version_16.9
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022_for_mac_version_17.3
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022_version_17.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022_version_17.2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:2022_version_17.3
Microsoft Visual Studio Codeall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:-
Microsoft Visual Studio Code Jupyter Extensionall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:jupyter_extension
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Microsoft Visual Studio Code1.0.0 → 1.72.1enisa_euvdEU
Visual Studio Codeall versionsfixedmsrc_csafUS
Visual Studio Code< 1.72.1msrc_csafUS
microsoft visual studio codeall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-1683Microsoft Developer Tools: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-10-11csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in verschiedenen Microsoft Developer Tools ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, beliebigen Code auszuführen und vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen.
msrc_CVE-2022-41042Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability2022-10-11csaf · msrc_csafUS
To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund msrc_csaf nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-10-11modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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