CVE-2026-50520

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.03 BB Relevance: 52/100
Published: 2026-07-14 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

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 1.0.0 – 1.128.1

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

52 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.4 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.35%
Raw Score 0.003520
Percentile 28.8%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00352
2026-10-28
0.00352

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →