Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Visual Studio (CVE-2025-29813)
CVE number = CVE-2025-29813
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Visual Studio improperly handles pipeline job tokens.
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could extend their access to a project.
To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to have access to the project and swap the short-term token for a long-term one.
The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how the Visual Studio updater handles these tokens.
Further details – https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-29813
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