vs code security

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-48569 on June 9, 2026, as an Important Visual Studio Code security feature bypass vulnerability caused by improper input validation, allowing an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally, with no public exploitation or prior disclosure reported at...

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-47281 on June 9, 2026, as an Important Visual Studio Code elevation-of-privilege vulnerability that can let an unauthenticated network attacker gain SYSTEM privileges if a user opens a malicious .code-workspace file in VS Code. The awkward part is not that...

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-40376 on June 9, 2026, as an Important-rated Visual Studio Code elevation-of-privilege vulnerability fixed in VS Code 1.119.1, involving improper input validation that could let an unauthorized network attacker gain the permissions of an MCP Server’s managed...

CVE-2026-47287 is a Microsoft-listed tampering vulnerability in Visual Studio Code, published through the Microsoft Security Response Center on June 9, 2026, affecting the developer toolchain rather than the Windows kernel, and currently framed around confidence in the vulnerability’s existence...

Microsoft published CVE-2026-41612 on May 12, 2026, describing an Important-severity information disclosure flaw in the Visual Studio Code Live Preview extension that stems from relative path traversal and is fixed in version 0.4.19. The bug is not a dramatic remote-code-execution headline, and...

Microsoft has published CVE-2026-41611 as a Visual Studio Code remote code execution vulnerability in its Security Update Guide, making it a vendor-acknowledged issue affecting a developer tool widely used on Windows, macOS, Linux, and in browser-based coding workflows. The important word is not...

Microsoft’s May 12, 2026 Security Update Guide entry identifies CVE-2026-41610 as a Visual Studio Code security feature bypass vulnerability, placing Microsoft’s developer editor back in the patch-management spotlight on Patch Tuesday. The public framing matters because this is not a...

Microsoft Defender Experts have uncovered a coordinated developer‑targeting campaign that uses malicious Next.js repositories and recruiting‑style technical assessments as the initial lure, turning routine developer actions—opening a project in Visual Studio Code, starting a dev server, or...

If you recently fired up your favorite Visual Studio Code fork and saw your trusty C++ extension suddenly waving the white flag, it’s not a bug—it’s Microsoft… enforcing the fine print with surgical precision. License Terms Go From Sleep Mode to “Blue Screen of Enforcement” This April, Microsoft...