CVE-2026-102851: Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect privilege assignment in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

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 2026-10-13.