CVE-2026-45482: Microsoft Visual Studio Code

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio Code: before 1.123.2 (fixed in 1.123.2)

Published 2026-06-09. Last modified 2026-07-23.