Cross-site scripting in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2026-57101
Published: July 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138172
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-57101
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass a security feature.
The vulnerability exists due to cross-site scripting in web page generation in Visual Studio Code when rendering input. A local attacker can inject specially crafted input to bypass a security feature.
Affected software
Visual Studio Code
How to mitigate CVE-2026-57101
Install security update from vendor's website.
Visual Studio Code - update to 1.128.1