Exposure of Private Information ('Privacy Violation') in Visual Studio - CVE-2026-32631

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Exposure of Private Information ('Privacy Violation') in Visual Studio - CVE-2026-32631

Published: April 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU126305
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-32631
CWE-ID: CWE-359
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to exposure of private information in Git for Windows. A remote attacker can cause leak of NTLM hashes to arbitrary servers.


Affected software

Visual Studio
Git for Windows

How to mitigate CVE-2026-32631

Install updates from vendor's website.

Visual Studio - addressed in versions 15.9.79, 16.11.55, 17.12.19
Git for Windows - update to 2.53.0.3

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