---
id: CVE-2026-47305
title: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
summary: >-
  Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker
  to execute code locally.
severity: high
cvss: 7.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-693
vendor: Microsoft
product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12
affected:
  - visual_studio_2022_version_17.12 >= 17.12.0 < 17.12.22
  - visual_studio_2022_version_17.14 >= 17.14.0 < 17.14.36
  - visual_studio_2026_version_18.7 >= 18.0 < 18.7.4
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-07-15T03:56:01.452587Z'
published: '2026-07-14'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T18:25:21.782Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-47305'
references:
  - url: 'https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-47305'
    label: Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00466
epssPercentile: 0.37648
ingestedAt: '2026-09-08T17:06:31.897Z'
---

## Overview

Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

## Affected

- `visual_studio_2022_version_17.12 >= 17.12.0 < 17.12.22`
- `visual_studio_2022_version_17.14 >= 17.14.0 < 17.14.36`
- `visual_studio_2026_version_18.7 >= 18.0 < 18.7.4`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.