CVE-2026-47305Important
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Assessment
Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 7.8CVSS:3.1/
AV:L/ AC:L/ PR:N/ UI:R/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:H/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Remote Code Execution
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.5%Higher than 37.9% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Unlikely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Visual Studio
- Weakness
- CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 14 Jul 2026 · July 2026
- Last revised
- 14 Jul 2026
Updates that fix it
0 KBsNo KB listed
MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.
Affected products
Developer Tools3 affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.7