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CVE-2026-54981

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 41/100
Published: 2026-08-11 Modified: 2026-10-28 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

Description

Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in Visual Studio Code - Python extension allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

Weakness Classification (2)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio Code 2020 < 2026.3.1
Microsoft Python extension for Visual Studio Code 2020 < 2026.3.1
microsoft python -

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

41 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10.0 v3.1
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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.47%
Raw Score 0.004660
Percentile 40.3%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00466
2026-10-28
0.00466

Intelligence Sources

mitre ref →
nvd ref →

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