MSRC-CVE-2026-69370 — 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

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is network (AV:N) and user interaction is required (UI:R). What is the target context of the remote code execution?
This attack requires a user to open a specially crafted file from the attacker to initiate remote code execution.

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

Vulnerabilities 1

High 8.8

CVE-2026-69370

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') 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-2026-69370 Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69370
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