HIGH 7.3 Microsoft
CVE-2025-55240
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Oct: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Affected Products
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55240
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55240
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.3 was published on 2025-10-14 via Microsoft. Affected: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8), Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10), Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 and 2 more.
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