CVE-2026-102851

Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
6.1 Medium
Published
Oct 13, 2026
Updated
Oct 31, 2026
Reserved
Sep 29, 2026

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Description

Incorrect privilege assignment in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Scores

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

Weaknesses

  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft
  • 1.0.0 to before 1.141.1Affected

References

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