Code Injection in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2026-70336
Published: August 12, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU141863
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-70336
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Visual Studio Code when opening an attacker-supplied link or web page. A remote attacker can craft a malicious link or web page and use social engineering to convince a user to open it to execute arbitrary code.
User interaction is required to open the attacker-supplied link, and code execution occurs in the user's connected development environment.
Affected software
Visual Studio Code
How to mitigate CVE-2026-70336
Install security update from vendor's website.
Visual Studio Code - update to 1.132.1