AI tool official ide-native
Risk level
low
10/100

Visual Studio ↗

Visual Studio is an officially published AI tool from Microsoft. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

Analysis summary

Visual Studio is an officially published AI tool from Microsoft. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 (17.14+) / 2026 with GitHub Copilot agent mode and MCP servers (Windows)

Why this entry scored 10 out of 100

This profile starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50. Because the entry is officially published, trust adjusts the score by -40. The entry declares no high-risk capabilities on its own, so capabilities add nothing. It matches no dangerous capability combinations. The clamped result is 10, placing it in the low band.

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Findings

  • Published by the vendor Trust offset
    Contribution to score: -40

Configuration surface

Files this AI tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

  • visual-studio-installer global binary
    Visual Studio Installer vswhere.exe (presence only)
    • win32C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe
  • visual-studio-user-mcp global json
    Visual Studio user MCP servers (all solutions)
    • win32${USERPROFILE}\.mcp.json
  • visual-studio-solution-mcp project json
    Visual Studio per-user solution MCP servers (.vs)
    • win32${PROJECT}\.vs\mcp.json

Known vulnerabilities in Visual Studio

Public CVEs and advisories that name Visual Studio as the affected component, newest first.

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