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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-53773

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Published Aug 12, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-53773. EPSS is 3.24%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
3.24%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.14.0 <17.14.12

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

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 17.14 17.14.0 <17.14.1217.14.0 <17.14.12

How to fix CVE-2025-53773

  • Recommended remediation

    Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.

  • Official advisories

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-2025-53773. EPSS is 3.24%. Act only if a listed version of Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14 17.14.0 <17.14.12 17.14.0 <17.14.12. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 3.24%. 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. Aug 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-24366

    Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Feb 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.