CVE-2023-36758 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in Visual Studio to escalate 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-2023-36758?
CVE-2023-36758 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, published on 12 Sep 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-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-36758?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2023-36758?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-36758 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-36758 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36758 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
- CVE-2026-21256 GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-21257 GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-47305 Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-53773 GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-29802 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rfmm-9cg4-c4cw.