CVE-2025-62449 is a path traversal vulnerability in the Visual Studio Code CoPilot Chat Extension, allowing an authenticated local attacker to bypass security features. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), this flaw requires user interaction and local access, but could lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness. Microsoft addressed this in their November 2025 Patch Tuesday, highlighting its importance despite the lack of immediate exploit intelligence.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.32.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:github_copilot_chat:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.