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CVE-2022-35826

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-35826 is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio, including versions 2017, 2019, and 2022. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system, typically requiring user interaction (UI:R). While not currently listed on CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2012CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2012:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2013:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
2015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio:2015:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:16.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0185 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)Fixed in: 15.9.50
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)Fixed in: 16.9.24
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)Fixed in: 16.11.18
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0Fixed in: 17.0.13
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 5Fixed in: 11.0.61252.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 5Fixed in: 12.0.40699.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Update 3Fixed in: 14.0.27552.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2Fixed in: 17.2.7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Aug/CVE-2022-35826Important

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Aug 9, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-35826