CVE-2026-47292
HighCVSS 7.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs
Summary
Vulnerability in Visual Studio Code involving inclusion of functionality from an untrusted control sphere, allowing an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Risk Assessment
Risk includes potential privilege escalation by an attacker with local access, which could lead to full system compromise.
Recommendation
Immediately update Visual Studio Code to the latest version that includes a fix for this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Code
See all- CVE-2026-102238Critical
Visual Studio Code is affected by a path traversal vulnerability due to improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory. This allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-81376Critical
Incomplete comparison with missing factors in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
- CVE-2026-47281Critical
Missing authorization in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
- CVE-2021-43891High
Visual Studio Code contains a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user.
- CVE-2020-1192High
Remote code execution vulnerability in Visual Studio Code when the Python extension loads workspace settings from a notebook file. An attacker could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, potentially taking control of the system if the user has administrative rights.
- CVE-2026-70098High
Visual Studio Code has a missing authorization vulnerability that allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-102235High
Improper encoding or escaping of output in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-102234High
Reliance on untrusted inputs in a security decision in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.
- CVE-2026-69370High
Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-102851Medium
Incorrect privilege assignment in Visual Studio Code allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Original NVD description (English source)
Inclusion of functionality from untrusted control sphere in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

