CVE-2024-20656: Microsoft Visual Studio

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio: version 2015 only
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017: from 15.0, before 15.9.59 (fixed in 15.9.59)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0, before 16.11.33 (fixed in 16.11.33)
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2022: from 17.2, before 17.2.23 (fixed in 17.2.23); from 17.4, before 17.4.15 (fixed in 17.4.15); from 17.6, before 17.6.11 (fixed in 17.6.11)

Published 2024-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.