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 craft a malicious link or web page and use social engineering to convince a user to open it in Visual Studio Code. Successful exploitation could result in code execution in the user's connected development environment. User interaction is required to open the attacker-supplied link, and no authentication is needed.
According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does this mean for this vulnerability?
An attacker would need specific conditions to be in place (i.e. particular protocol settings, or configurations, etc.) before an attack could succeed, which reduces the likelihood of widespread or opportunistic exploitation.
Security updates
1.145.3 — https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_145
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.3
Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Incorrect authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2026-119985 Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-119985
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss