CVE-2025-55240

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

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.3 High

Status

Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com

Published

2025-10-14

Last modified

2026-02-26

Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected products

• Visual Studio 2017 (Microsoft)
• Visual Studio 2019 (Microsoft)
• Visual Studio 2022 (Microsoft)

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55240