MSRC-CVE-2026-70098 — 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 convince a user to open a specially crafted Visual Studio Code workspace. Successful exploitation could bypass Workspace Trust protections and allow attacker-controlled content to execute code in the context of the user. User interaction is required, but the user does not need to grant trust.

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

Vulnerabilities 1

High 8.8

CVE-2026-70098

Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Missing authorization 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-2026-70098 Visual Studio Code Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-70098
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