Security Updates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2022/2019 Products (May 2025)

high Nessus Plugin ID 238332

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are affected by a Network Spoofing Vulnerability

Description

The Microsoft Visual Studio Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by network spoofing vulnerability where External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- Update 17.8.21 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.10.15 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.12.8 for Visual Studio 2022
- Update 17.13.7 for Visual Studio 2022

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 238332

File Name: smb_nt_ms25_may_visual_studio_CVE-2025-26646.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 6/12/2025

Updated: 6/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-26646

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_studio

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible, SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Microsoft Visual Studio

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-26646

Detections

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