CVE-2025-21206
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 7.3
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.69 % · percentile 53 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- microsoft
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C | microsoft |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secure@microsoft.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-2276
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-21206
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0118 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 15.0 < 15.9.70cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 16.0 < 16.11.44cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.8 < 17.8.18cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.10 < 17.10.11cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 17.12 < 17.12.5
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) | affected 15.9.0 < 15.9.70 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) | affected 16.11.0 < 16.11.44 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.10 | affected 17.10.0 < 17.10.11 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 | affected 17.12.0 < 17.12.5 |
| Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.8 | affected 17.8.0 < 17.8.18 |
References
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |