CVE-2023-36759 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Medium 6.7
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-36759 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-36759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, published on 12 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36759 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36759/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36759/index.md)
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
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-36759?
CVE-2023-36759 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, published on 12 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-822
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-36759?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2023-36759?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-36759 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-36759 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-36759 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-28262 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-25003 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-0789 Denial of service in Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Sources
Also known as GHSA-724g-5w99-h7cw.