CVE-2026-70161: high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
.NET Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Published · Updated
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 7.3epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 62% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in .NET allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.10Microsoft · .NET 10.0Microsoft · .NET 11.0Microsoft · .NET 9.0Related CVEs — Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
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