VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2026-47305
Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-693
- Affected
- microsoft/visual studio 2022 · microsoft/visual studio 2026
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.