CVE-2026-78461
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.4
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
- EPSS probability
- 1.06%
- CWE
- CWE-22
- Published
- 2026-09-08
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
Affected products
- Microsoft Visual Studio Code
Weakness type
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