fkie_cve-2025-53773
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-08-12 18:15
Modified
2025-08-15 17:01
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53773Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/github-copilot-remote-code-execution-via-prompt-injection/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44883108Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft visual_studio_2022 *


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  "lastModified": "2025-08-15T17:01:01.673",
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