CVE-2023-21566
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21566- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-25733
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-25733- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r6fw-v7gw-3mr8
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-r6fw-v7gw-3mr8- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-21566- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-73
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
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 17.0
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.2
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.4
- microsoft visual studio 2017
- microsoft visual studio 2019
- microsoft visual studio 2022
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-21566 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8), published February 14, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.37%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.