CVE-2026-45496

FAUCET Score

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

First published: Jul 14, 2026Last modified: Jul 14, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 1.128.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code::::::-::*
		>= 1.0.0, < 1.128.1CPE match	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.36%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

28.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc

Product: Visual Studio CodeFixed in: 1.128.1

View patch

microsoftvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2026-Jul/CVE-2026-45496Important

Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Jul 14, 2026

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-45496

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