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CVE-2025-32726: Visual Studio Code Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-04-12 · updated 2026-08-10
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Improper access control in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio Code: before 1.99.1 — fixed in 1.99.1
• Microsoft Visual Studio Code: from 1.0.0 before 1.99.1 — fixed in 1.99.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.99.1; Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.99.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-32726

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