CVE-2025-29802 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authorized local attacker can elevate privileges in Visual Studio due to improper access control, requiring a security patch.
- 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-2025-29802?
CVE-2025-29802 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, published on 8 Apr 2025. 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
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-29802?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Visual Studio 2022.
How do I fix CVE-2025-29802?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-29802 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-29802 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-29802 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-2023-36758 Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x27v-pq4m-wch6.