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Medium 6.8Published Nov 11, 2025
CVE-2025-62449Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
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Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
microsoft github_copilot_chat microsoft:github_copilot_chat | before 0.32.0 | NVD |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62449vendor-advisory
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