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Microsoft Visual Studio: CVE-2021-21300: Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

Mar 9, 2021

Added

Jun 25, 2025

Modified

Mar 25, 2026

Description

Microsoft Visual Studio: CVE-2021-21300: Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solutions

microsoft-visual_studio_2017-upgrade-latest-ltsc_15_9microsoft-visual_studio_2019-upgrade-latest-ltsc_16_9microsoft-visual_studio_2019-upgrade-latest-ltsc_16_7microsoft-visual_studio_2019-upgrade-latest-ltsc_16_4

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21300
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2021-8658
CVE-2021-21300
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2021-21300
CWE-59
EUVD-EUVD-2021-8658

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