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.
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Technical Summary
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-693, affects Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12. It involves a failure in the protection mechanisms that could allow an unauthorized local attacker to execute code. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates low attack complexity, no privileges required, but user interaction is needed. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can execute arbitrary code locally on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected Visual Studio environment. The impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47305 to remediate this vulnerability.
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
This vulnerability, identified as CWE-693, affects Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12. It involves a failure in the protection mechanisms that could allow an unauthorized local attacker to execute code. The CVSS 3.1 vector indicates low attack complexity, no privileges required, but user interaction is needed. The vulnerability impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability with high severity. Microsoft has published an official fix to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
An attacker who successfully exploits this vulnerability can execute arbitrary code locally on the affected system, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected Visual Studio environment. The impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the patch provided by Microsoft as detailed in the vendor advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47305 to remediate this vulnerability.
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: 08/13/2026, 14:17:50 UTC
Last updated: 08/24/2026, 22:52:11 UTC
Views: 123
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