An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Visual Studio updater service improperly handles file permissions, aka 'Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability'.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
5.0 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)