CVE-2022-21871: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Microsoft Diagnostics Hub Standard Collector Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017: from 15.0, before 15.9.44 (fixed in 15.9.44)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0, before 16.7.25 (fixed in 16.7.25); from 16.8, before 16.9.17 (fixed in 16.9.17)
• Microsoft Windows 10 1507: before 10.0.10240.19177 (fixed in 10.0.10240.19177)
• Microsoft Windows 10 1607: before 10.0.14393.4886 (fixed in 10.0.14393.4886)
• Microsoft Windows 10 1809: before 10.0.17763.2452 (fixed in 10.0.17763.2452)
• Microsoft Windows 10 1909: before 10.0.18363.2037 (fixed in 10.0.18363.2037)
• Microsoft Windows 10 20h2: before 10.0.19042.1466 (fixed in 10.0.19042.1466)
• Microsoft Windows 10 21h1: before 10.0.19043.1466 (fixed in 10.0.19043.1466)
• Microsoft Windows 10 21h2: before 10.0.19044.1466 (fixed in 10.0.19044.1466)
• Microsoft Windows 11 21h2: before 10.0.22000.434 (fixed in 10.0.22000.434)
• Microsoft Windows Server: version 2022 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 20h2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2022-01-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.