CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-47292

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.44%

36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in Visual Studio Code involving inclusion of functionality from an untrusted control sphere, allowing an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Risk Assessment

Risk includes potential privilege escalation by an attacker with local access, which could lead to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update Visual Studio Code to the latest version that includes a fix for this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS