Visual Studio Spoofing Vulnerability
Published October 30, 2026Updated October 30, 2026
Source data
Overview
Improper certificate validation in Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Impact & technical details
Spoofing
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? The attacker must inject themselves into the logical network path between the target and the resource requested by the victim to read or modify network communications. This is called a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
According to the CVSS metrics, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to major loss of confidentiality (C:H), and integrity (I:H), but could lead to no loss of availability (A:N). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to view highly sensitive resource information (C:H) and results in a total loss of protection for that data (I:H), but does not provide the capability to impact resource availability.
- CVSS base score
- 7.4 / 10
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Highest base score supplied by MSRC for this record; the vector belongs to that score. Ratings can vary by product. Microsoft Important is displayed as High; Moderate is displayed as Medium.
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 version 18.11
Source guidance
Remediation
- Release Notes
At least one Microsoft vendor-fix reference is available. Check each affected product for its applicable update, prerequisites, and supported version.
GTP recommendation · Rule-based guidance
Recommended next step
Review affected Microsoft products and apply the applicable security updates through your organization's normal patch-management process. Confirm availability and prerequisites in the Microsoft advisory.
Authoritative sources & updates
Findings and update information come from the linked publishers. GTP compiles the public record and provides the recommendation above. CVSS ratings shown here come from Microsoft. NVD references provide additional public context.
- Microsoft Security Response Center (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft security update · Release Notes (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft remediation guidance (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft security update · Release Notes (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft remediation guidance (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft security update · Release Notes (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft remediation guidance (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft security update · Release Notes (opens in a new tab)
- Microsoft remediation guidance (opens in a new tab)
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