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CVE-2025-26631: Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

Uncontrolled search path element in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio Code: before 1.98.0 — fixed in 1.98.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio Code: from 1.0.0 before 1.98.0 — fixed in 1.98.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.98.0; Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.98.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26631

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