CVE-2022-41032

Local code execution via permissive NuGet paths

Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Feb 28, 2025

Improper privilege management in NuGet clients bundled with affected .NET and Visual Studio releases allows local users to execute code. NuGet's shared-directory helper creates cache, lock, and configuration paths with permissions broader than the user's effective umask on POSIX systems. A local user with access to those paths can replace files later consumed by a more privileged NuGet process and execute code in that process's context.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability1.13%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper privilege management in NuGet clients bundled with affected .NET and Visual Studio releases allows local users to execute code. NuGet's shared-directory helper creates cache, lock, and configuration paths with permissions broader than the user's effective umask on POSIX systems. A local user with access to those paths can replace files later consumed by a more privileged NuGet process and execute code in that process's context.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-41032
Published
Oct 11, 2022
Updated
Feb 28, 2025
Vendor
Microsoft
Product
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
Classifications
CWE-269
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=15.0.0 <16.9.26
  2. Affected versionversion=16.11.0 <16.11.20

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019version=15.0.0 <16.9.26; version=16.11.0 <16.11.20
Microsoft · .NET 6.0version=6.0.0 <6.0.10
Microsoft · .NET Core 3.1version=3.1 <3.1.30
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.3version=17.0.0 <17.3.6
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0version=17.0.0 <17.0.15
Microsoft · Visual Studio for Macversion=17.3 <17.3.7
Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2version=17.2.0 <17.2.9

Published CVSS scores

7.8Microsoft CorporationCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management

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