CVE-2026-102238: Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio Code: from 1.0.0, before 1.141.1 (fixed in 1.141.1)

Published 2026-10-13. Last modified 2026-10-15.