CVE-2023-21566 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability in Visual Studio to elevate privileges on the local system.
- 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-2023-21566?
CVE-2023-21566 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, published on 14 Feb 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21566?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21566?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-21566 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-21566 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21566 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-r6fw-v7gw-3mr8.