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Critical 9.6Published Oct 13, 2026
CVE-2026-102238Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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It affects Microsoft Visual Studio Code. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.65%, higher than 50% of scored CVEs.
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Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVSS
- 9.6 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.65% (percentile 50)
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 13, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Visual Studio Code microsoft:visual_studio_code (from the name) | from 1.0.0 before 1.141.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102238vendor-advisory, patch
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