Git for Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Git for Visual Studio when it improperly parses configuration files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute code in the context of another local user. To exploit the vulnerability, an authenticated attacker would need to modify Git configuration files on a system prior to a full installation of the application. The attacker would then need to convince another user on the system to execute specific Git commands. The update addresses the issue by changing the permissions required to edit configuration files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.

Weakness

• Elevation of Privilege

Affected products

• Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

  • affected 15.0 – < publication

• Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)

  • affected 15.9.0 – < publication

• Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0

  • affected 16.0 – < publication

• Microsoft · Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2

  • affected 16.0 – < publication

References (1)

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2019-1211](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2019-1211.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2019-1211)

Record last updated 4 Aug 2024, 18:13 UTC.