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CVE-2026-45496

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-07-14 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: None
A: None

Description

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.0.0 < 1.128.1
Microsoft Visual Studio Code 1.0.0 < 1.128.1
microsoft visual_studio_code < 1.128.1

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.47%
Raw Score 0.004750
Percentile 41.0%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00475
2026-10-28
0.00475

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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