CVE-2026-45496: Microsoft Visual Studio Code

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% 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 bypass a security feature locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio Code: before 1.128.1 (fixed in 1.128.1)

Published 2026-07-14. Last modified 2026-07-16.