Description
Improper input validation in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Basic information
- Type
- unreviewed
- Severity
- high
- Advisory on GitHub
- Open advisory ↗
- Repository advisory
- —
- Source code
- Not specified
- Published (advisory)
- 2026-06-09 18:31:00 UTC
- Updated
- 2026-06-09 18:31:11 UTC
- NVD published
- 2026-06-09
EPSS Score
| Score |
Percentile |
|
0.08%
|
24.23% |
CVSS Scores
| Base score |
Version |
Severity |
Vector |
|
7.1
|
3.1 |
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|
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
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- Attack vector (AV:L)
- They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
- Attack complexity (AC:L)
- Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
- Privileges required (PR:N)
- No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
- User interaction (UI:R)
- A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
- Scope (S:C)
- Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
- Confidentiality (C:H)
- Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
- Integrity (I:L)
- Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
- Availability (A:N)
- Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
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CWEs
| CWE id |
Name |
|
CWE-20
|
Improper Input Validation |
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