Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-36897

HighUpdated

Published: 08 August 2023

Published
08 August 2023
Modified
19 May 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0018 39.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-36897 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 39.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

microsoft
365 apps
all versions
microsoft
office
2019
microsoft
office long term servicing channel
2021
microsoft
visual studio 2010 tools for office runtime
all versions
microsoft
visual studio 2017
15.0 — 15.9.56
microsoft
visual studio 2019
16.0 — 16.11.29
microsoft
visual studio 2022
17.2.0 — 17.2.18 · 17.4.0 — 17.4.10 · 17.6.0 — 17.6.6

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-20

Security testing and developer training directly verify and enforce proper input validation, reducing exploitability of injection and malformed-data weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-20

Security testing and evaluation at multiple SDLC stages directly detects missing or flawed input validation, with the required remediation process ensuring fixes are applied.

addresses: CWE-20

Directly implements checks on information inputs to reject invalid data before processing.

addresses: CWE-20

Spam protection mechanisms perform filtering and detection on inbound/outbound messages, directly compensating for missing or weak input validation of unsolicited content.

References