Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Microsoft Subscribe
Visual Studio Code Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Title Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
First Time appeared Microsoft
Microsoft visual Studio Code
Weaknesses CWE-863
CWE-94
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Microsoft
Microsoft visual Studio Code
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': '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'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-10T19:41:56.342Z

Reserved: 2026-11-02T22:42:10.892Z

Link: CVE-2026-120782

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-10T19:20:27.370

Modified: 2026-11-10T19:20:27.477

Link: CVE-2026-120782

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses