CVE-2026-47305: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-47305 is a vulnerability classified as CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12. It enables an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally due to a failure in the protection mechanisms of the software. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high severity, with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the impacted environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 as detailed in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47305. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
CVE-2026-47305: CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure in Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
Description
Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-47305 is a vulnerability classified as CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12. It enables an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally due to a failure in the protection mechanisms of the software. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8, indicating high severity, with impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Microsoft has released an official fix for this issue.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the impacted environment.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 as detailed in the Microsoft Security Response Center advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47305. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-18T23:53:33.898Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47305","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 6a56883a68715ace43099969
Added to database: 07/14/2026, 19:04:26 UTC
Last enriched: 07/14/2026, 19:17:28 UTC
Last updated: 07/14/2026, 20:03:47 UTC
Views: 5
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