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CVE-2025-26631

Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability



Description

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Reserved 2025-02-12 | Published 2025-03-11 | Updated 2025-03-13 | Assigner microsoft


HIGH: 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Problem types

CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Product status

1.0.0 before 1.98.0
affected

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26631 (Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability) vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2025-26631)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-26631)

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