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CVE-2023-28296

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-28296 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, 2019, and 2022. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking public exploit code, it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.0, < 15.9.54CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.11.26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.0.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.2.0, < 17.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
>= 17.4.0, < 17.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0068 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)Fixed in: 15.9.54
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2Fixed in: 17.2.15
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)Fixed in: 16.11.26
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0Fixed in: 17.0.21
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4Fixed in: 17.4.7
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.5Fixed in: 17.5.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Apr/CVE-2023-28296Important

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apr 11, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28296
PatchVendor Advisory