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title: "CVE-2025-53773: GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-53773/
description: "CVE-2025-53773 (Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14): Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection')…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-08-12
date_modified: 2026-10-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-53773"
kev: false
cvss: 7.8
epss: 0.03241
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-53773: GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

**Signal:** Normal patch cycle. No exploitation signal; fix it in your next routine update if you are affected. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 3.2% , percentile 88: FIRST’s model estimates a 3.2% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs local access needed. Lower urgency for most teams unless an attacker could already run code on the machine.
- Editorial verdict: Check exposure. GitHub Copilot "YOLO Mode" Prompt Injection RCE — Patched in August 2025 and not known to be exploited, but enterprise Visual Studio installs lag and the autoApprove setting can still be turned on by hand, so verify both.

## What it is

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

## Affected products (CVE record)

- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.14: 17.14.0 < 17.14.12

## Severity

- microsoft CVSS 3.1: 7.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 3.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 88.

## Sources

- [GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability](https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53773)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-53773](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53773)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-53773](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53773)
- [embracethered.com](https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2025/github-copilot-remote-code-execution-via-prompt-injection/)
- [news.ycombinator.com](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44883108)

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Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-53773/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt