CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-81377

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.76%

53th percentile - higher than 53% of all known CVEs

Summary

Path traversal vulnerability in Visual Studio Code. An unauthorized attacker can perform tampering over a network.

Risk Assessment

Risk of unauthorized modification of files or configurations in the development environment, potentially leading to integrity compromise.

Recommendation

Install security updates for Visual Studio Code and monitor for unusual network requests.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

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