Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-26646

External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

Published May 13, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-26646. EPSS is 1.27%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.27%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 17.12.0 <17.12.8

External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 17.12.0 <17.12.817.12.0 <17.12.8

How to fix CVE-2025-26646

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-26646. EPSS is 1.27%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.12 17.12.0 <17.12.8 17.12.0 <17.12.8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.27%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 13, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-26646

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14511

    External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.