Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio - CVE-2026-47305
Published: July 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138159
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-47305
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to execute code locally.
The vulnerability exists due to protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio when handling local access to the application. A local attacker can exploit the protection mechanism failure to execute code locally.
Affected software
Visual Studio
How to mitigate CVE-2026-47305
Install security update from vendor's website.
Visual Studio - update to 17.12.22