CVE-2025-21264

Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.1 High
Published
May 13, 2025
Updated
Feb 13, 2026
Reserved
Dec 10, 2024

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Description

Files or directories accessible to external parties in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.1 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Microsoft Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat ExtensionMicrosoft
  • 0.27.0 to before 0.27.2Affected
Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft
  • 1.0.0 to before 1.100.1Affected

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