CVE-2026-45496Medium· 5.5▾ SunlitImproper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 30.3 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA's ADP record at CVE.org: whether exploitation is observed, whether an attack can be automated, and how much of the system is at stake.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 17.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.4%
0.4% → 0.5%
Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
visual_studio_code < 1.128.1Upgrade past the affected range:
visual_studio_code 1.128.1Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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