Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2021-43877

ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

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ASP.NET Core and Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Technical severity8.8 highCVSS 3.1 · CNA: microsoft
Published2021-12-15Source updated 2026-11-02
Collected2026-11-022 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 16.0.0; < 16.7.23 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 15.0.0; < 16.9.15 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 16.11.0; < 16.11.8 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 17.0.0; < 17.0.3 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft
ASP.NET Core 3.1
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 3.0; < 3.1.22 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft
ASP.NET Core 5.0
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 5.0; < 5.0.13 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft
ASP.NET Core 6.0
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 6.0; < 6.0.101 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.1
Microsoft
Platforms: Unknown
≥ 17.0.0; < 17.1.4 (affected, custom) CNA: microsoft

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

CVSS scores, vectors and reporting authorities
Version / scoreVectorAuthority
3.1 / 8.8
high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:CCNA: microsoft

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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