MSRC-CVE-2026-102235 — Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

How could an attacker exploit this vulnerability?
An attacker could cause specially crafted content to appear in the Visual Studio Code integrated terminal. If the user clicks the resulting notification link, successful exploitation could allow the attacker to execute commands in the context of the user. Authentication is not required.

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

Vulnerabilities 1

High 8.8

CVE-2026-102235

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Improper encoding or escaping of output in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Oct 13, 2026

Revision history

2026-10-13 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2026-102235 Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102235
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