CVE-2026-54981

Visual Studio Code Python Extension Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Aug 11, 2026
Updated: Oct 30, 2026
Reserved: Jun 16, 2026

Description

Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in Visual Studio Code - Python extension allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature 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-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Python extension for Visual Studio CodeMicrosoft	2020 to before 2026.3.1Affected

References

Visual Studio Code Python Extension Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilityvendor-advisorypatch

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