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High MSRC-CVE-2026-69278 1 CVE

Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Sep 2, 2026 · Revision 2

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Security Feature Bypass. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation More Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

What security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could bypass the Visual Studio Code Workspace Trust feature, allowing content from an untrusted workspace to run commands or code without the user first granting trust. See Workspace Trust for more information.

Security updates
1.132.1 — https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_132

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2026-69278

    Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

    Incorrect authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

    Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Revision history

  1. #2

    Affected software updated with new package information.

  2. #1

    Information published.

References