CVE-2025-29813 - Microsoft Visual Studio Pipeline Job Token Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVE-2025-29813 - Microsoft Visual Studio Pipeline Job Token Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Fri, 05/09/2025 - 02:39
CVE ID : CVE-2025-29813
Published : May 8, 2025, 11:15 p.m. | 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
Description : 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.
Severity: 10.0 | CRITICAL
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