UE5.6.1 Source Build Engine Microsoft.Build 17.11.4 has a known high severity vulnerability issues

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for those that are using compiled binaries (Epic Games Launcher install)

there is no immediate need to switch to Source Compiled here are step-by-step to address this issue:

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5.4 should be ending support when 5.7 is fully released, but if this probably hotfix can be rolled out before the the end of support it could be included. because the Microsoft.Build package version is Hard referenced in the binaries (*.csproj) that Epic distributes through the Epic Games Launcher. currently work around: in the NuGet tool ( in the brown/orange bar at the top of the Solution Explorer there is a blue hyperlink ) go to the Microsoft.Build in the list on the left side of the win…

keep in mind that if you ever need to Verify or re-Install the Engine and Epic does not roll out a fix for this then you will probably need to do all this again.