CVE-2025-29804

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.013 · 70 %ileDEEUNLRUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.29% (70th) EPSS

CVSS 7.3 · high

Is it mine?

41 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10msrc_csaf
17.10.13:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12msrc_csaf
17.12.7:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.13msrc_csaf
17.13.6:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
FixedMicrosoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8msrc_csaf
17.8.20:Security Update:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2022/release-notes

cvss

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

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.7–7.3

v3.17.3highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secure@microsoft.com USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.16.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · NCSC-NL NL

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Csecondary · Microsoft Security Response Center US

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284USCWE-284USCWE-284USCWE-284US

affected products (41)

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 17.12cert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ version 17.10cert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ version 17.13cert_bundDE
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ version 17.8cert_bundDE
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1017.10.0 → 17.10.13enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1217.12.0 → 17.12.7enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1317.13.0 → 17.13.6enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.817.8.0 → 17.8.20enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ 17.12fstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Microsoft Visual Studio 2022≤ 17.13fstec_bduRU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2025-0110Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Microsoft Developer ToolsNL2025-04-08csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Microsoft heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Visual Studio en .NET
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-2025-29804Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability2025-04-08csaf · msrc_csafUS
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also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund ncsc_nl msrc_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-04-08modified 2026-06-17

references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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