MSRC-CVE-2026-102229 — Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Summary

Impact: Information Disclosure. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability?
The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability by escaping the sandbox, is the ability to read local files.

Security updates
1.141.3 — https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_143

Vulnerabilities 1

Medium 6.8

CVE-2026-102229

Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Oct 13, 2026

Revision history

2026-10-13 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-102229 Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102229
Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss