CVE-2025-62214: 
Visual Studio 2022 vulnerability analysis and mitigation

CVE-2025-62214 is a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability discovered in Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.14 prior to 17.14.20. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 11, 2025, as part of Microsoft's November 2025 Patch Tuesday updates (Talos Intelligence, NVD).

The vulnerability is classified as an improper neutralization of special elements used in a command (command injection) vulnerability, identified as CWE-77. It has been assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.7 (MEDIUM) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The exploitation requires multiple stages including prompt injection, Agent interaction, and triggering a build, making it a complex attack chain involving Visual Studio AI development capabilities (Talos Intelligence, NVD).

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows an authorized attacker to execute code locally on the affected system. The high impact scores for confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H) indicate potential severe consequences if exploited (NVD).

Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to update to Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14.20 or later to mitigate this vulnerability (NVD).