CVE-2026-41611

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: May 12, 2026
Updated: Aug 10, 2026
Reserved: Apr 21, 2026

Description

Improper neutralization of script-related html tags in a web page (basic xss) in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	microsoft

Weaknesses

CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft	1.0.0 to before 1.119.1Affected

References

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch

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