CVE-2022-21871 Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit the Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-21871?
CVE-2022-21871 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 11 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-21871?
It affects 13 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Windows 10 1507, Microsoft Windows 10 1607, Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows 10 1909 and 7 more.
How do I fix CVE-2022-21871?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-21871 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-21871 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-21871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2025-21178 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2019-1349 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2019-1350 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2019-1352 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
- CVE-2019-1354 Code injection in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
Sources
Also known as GHSA-96mc-ph6g-jw78.