CVE-2023-21566
High
Published: 14 February 2023
Published
14 February 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0366
88.2th percentile
Risk Priority
18
60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS
Summary
CVE-2023-21566 is a high-severity External Control of File Name or Path (CWE-73) vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-25733
Vulnerability details
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
microsoft
visual studio 2017
15.0 — 15.9.52
microsoft
visual studio 2019
16.0 — 16.11.24
microsoft
visual studio 2022
17.0 — 17.0.19 · 17.2 — 17.2.13 · 17.4 — 17.4.5
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
addresses: CWE-73
Rejects externally supplied file or resource identifiers that fail validity checks.