Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Microsoft Visual Studio Code versions from 1.0.0 before 1.141.1 contain CWE-807 (Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision). An unauthorized attacker can exploit this over a network to bypass a security feature, with high confidentiality impact and user interaction required. CISA has not added the flaw to KEV, and its SSVC assessment lists no exploitation and no automatable path.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update Visual Studio Code to version 1.141.1 or later, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA Visual Studio Code (Microsoft) Fixed in 1.141.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102234
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-762p-3hqw-gjx6
- 2026-10-14 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-102234 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-102234 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-762p-3hqw-gjx6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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