Microsoft Visual Studio 2022
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By the Year
In 2026 there have been 22 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 with an average score of 7.6 out of ten. Last year, in 2025 Visual Studio 2022 had 24 security vulnerabilities published. If vulnerabilities keep coming in at the current rate, it appears that number of security vulnerabilities in Visual Studio 2022 in 2026 could surpass last years number. However, the average CVE base score of the vulnerabilities in 2026 is greater by 0.12.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 7.59 |
| 2025 | 24 | 7.48 |
| 2024 | 38 | 7.77 |
| 2023 | 37 | 7.27 |
| 2022 | 17 | 7.71 |
| 2021 | 1 | 8.80 |
| 2020 | 1 | 5.30 |
It may take a day or so for new Visual Studio 2022 vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilities. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Security Vulnerabilities
Jul 2026: .NET Spoofing Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50659
6.5 - Medium
- July 14, 2026
Improper encoding or escaping of output in .NET allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Output Sanitization
Jul 2026: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50651
7.5 - High
- July 14, 2026
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Jul 2026: .NET Framework Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50650
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2026
Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Code Injection
Jul 2026: .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50649
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2026
Deserialization of untrusted data in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Marshaling, Unmarshaling
Jul 2026: .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50648
7.5 - High
- July 14, 2026
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Jul 2026: .NET Framework Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50646
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2026
Protection mechanism failure in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Protection Mechanism Failure
Jul 2026: .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50527
7.5 - High
- July 14, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Stack Overflow
Jul 2026: .NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50528
8.2 - High
- July 14, 2026
Incorrect authorization in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
AuthZ
Jul 2026: .NET Tampering Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50526
7 - High
- July 14, 2026
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in .NET allows an authorized attacker to perform tampering locally.
insecure temporary file
Jul 2026: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50525
7.5 - High
- July 14, 2026
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Jul 2026: .NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-50524
7.5 - High
- July 14, 2026
Improper validation of specified type of input in .NET Framework allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Jul 2026: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2026-47305
7.8 - High
- July 14, 2026
Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Protection Mechanism Failure
Jul 2026: .NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2026-47304
8.1 - High
- July 14, 2026
Improper verification of cryptographic signature in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
Jul 2026: ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-47303
8.8 - High
- July 14, 2026
Authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data in ASP.NET Core allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Authentication Bypass by Assumed-Immutable Data
Jul 2026: .NET Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-47302
7.5 - High
- July 14, 2026
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Jul 2026: ASP.NET Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-47300
8.8 - High
- July 14, 2026
Incorrect implementation of authentication algorithm in ASP.NET Core allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm
May 2026: .NET Core Tampering Vulnerability
CVE-2026-32175
4.3 - Medium
- May 12, 2026
A tampering vulnerability exists when .NET Core improperly handles specially crafted files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could write arbitrary files and directories to certain locations on a vulnerable system. However, an attacker would have limited control over the destination of the files and directories. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker must send a specially crafted file to a vulnerable system. The security update fixes the vulnerability by ensuring .NET Core properly handles files.
Absolute Path Traversal
May 2026: .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-32177
7.3 - High
- May 12, 2026
Heap-based buffer overflow in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Apr 2026: .NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2026-32203
7.5 - High
- April 14, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in .NET and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Stack Overflow
Apr 2026: .NET Spoofing Vulnerability
CVE-2026-32178
7.5 - High
- April 14, 2026
Improper neutralization of special elements in .NET allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements
Feb 2026: GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2026-21257
8 - High
- February 10, 2026
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Command Injection
Feb 2026: GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2026-21256
8.8 - High
- February 10, 2026
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Command Injection
Nov 2025: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-62214
6.7 - Medium
- November 11, 2025
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally.
Command Injection
Oct 2025: .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2025-55248
4.8 - Medium
- October 14, 2025
Inadequate encryption strength in .NET, .NET Framework, Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.
Inadequate Encryption Strength
Oct 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-55240
7.3 - High
- October 14, 2025
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Authorization
Oct 2025: ASP.NET Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2025-55315
9.9 - Critical
- October 14, 2025
Inconsistent interpretation of http requests ('http request/response smuggling') in ASP.NET Core allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
HTTP Request Smuggling
Aug 2025: GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-53773
7.8 - High
- August 12, 2025
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Command Injection
Jul 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-49739
8.8 - High
- July 08, 2025
Improper link resolution before file access ('link following') in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
insecure temporary file
Jun 2025: .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-30399
7.5 - High
- June 13, 2025
Untrusted search path in .NET and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Untrusted Path
Jun 2025: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-47959
7.1 - High
- June 13, 2025
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Command Injection
May 2025: .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability
CVE-2025-26646
8 - High
- May 13, 2025
External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
External Control of File Name or Path
May 2025: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-32702
7.8 - High
- May 13, 2025
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
Command Injection
May 2025: Visual Studio Information Disclosure Vulnerability
CVE-2025-32703
5.5 - Medium
- May 13, 2025
Insufficient granularity of access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to disclose information locally.
Insufficient Granularity of Access Control
Apr 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-29802
7.3 - High
- April 08, 2025
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
DLL preloading
Apr 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-29804
7.3 - High
- April 08, 2025
Improper access control in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Authorization
Apr 2025: ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2025-26682
7.5 - High
- April 08, 2025
Allocation of resources without limits or throttling in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Mar 2025: ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-24070
7 - High
- March 11, 2025
Weak authentication in ASP.NET Core & Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
1390
Mar 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-24998
7.3 - High
- March 11, 2025
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
DLL preloading
Mar 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-25003
7.3 - High
- March 11, 2025
Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
DLL preloading
Feb 2025: Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21206
7.3 - High
- February 11, 2025
Visual Studio Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
DLL preloading
Jan 2025: Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21405
7.3 - High
- January 14, 2025
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Authorization
Jan 2025: .NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21176
8.8 - High
- January 14, 2025
.NET, .NET Framework, and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Buffer Over-read
Jan 2025: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21178
8.8 - High
- January 14, 2025
Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Jan 2025: .NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21173
7.3 - High
- January 14, 2025
.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions
Jan 2025: .NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21171
7.5 - High
- January 14, 2025
.NET Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Jan 2025: .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-21172
7.5 - High
- January 14, 2025
.NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
CVE-2024-49044
6.7 - Medium
- November 12, 2024
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Authorization
DoS Vulnerability in .NET Runtime for Visual Studio
CVE-2024-43499
7.5 - High
- November 12, 2024
.NET and Visual Studio Denial of Service Vulnerability
Data Amplification
Microsoft .NET/VS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2024-43498
9.8 - Critical
- November 12, 2024
.NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Object Type Confusion
Oct 2024: Visual Studio Collector Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
CVE-2024-43603
5.5 - Medium
- October 08, 2024
Visual Studio Collector Service Denial of Service Vulnerability
insecure temporary file
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