CVE-2025-20570

mediumpriority · track · 0DERUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

— EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

17 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund · msrc_csaf

РусскийShown in its original language — a full translation is planned for a future version.

Уязвимость редактора исходного кода Visual Studio Code связана с недостатками контроля доступа. Эксплуатация уязвимости может позволить нарушителю повысить свои привилегии

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

FixedVisual Studio Codemsrc_csaf
1.99.1:Security Update:https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_99
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_99

cvss

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

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.8mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Lsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284US

affected products (17)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft ASP.NET Core 8.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:asp.net:core_8.0
Microsoft ASP.NET Core 9.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:asp.net:core_9.0
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10all versionscert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12all versionscert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13all versionscert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8all versionscert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio Codeall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:-
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) 2019all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:tools_for_applications_%28vsta%29_2019
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) 2022all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio:tools_for_applications_%28vsta%29_2022
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ version 17.10cert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ version 17.12cert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ version 17.13cert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ version 17.8cert_bundDE
Microsoft Corp Visual Studio Code≤ 1.99.1fstec_bduRU
Visual Studio Codeall versionsfixedmsrc_csafUS
Visual Studio Code< 1.99.1msrc_csafUS

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-0748Microsoft DeveloperTools: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2025-04-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft Visual Studio Code, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 und Microsoft Visual Studio ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
msrc_CVE-2025-20570Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2025-04-08csaf · 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 fstec_bdu cert_bund msrc_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-04-11modified 2026-08-21

references (2) cnnvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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