Protection mechanism failure in Visual Studio - CVE-2026-47305
Published: July 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138159
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-47305
CWE-ID: CWE-693
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Visual Studio
Visual Studio
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-47305
Install security update from vendor's website.