VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-36049
.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 6.79%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.79% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- microsoft/.net framework · microsoft/.net · microsoft/visual studio 2022
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 6.8% on 19 October 2026 to 6.8% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36049Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36049Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.