Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2026-81357
Published: September 9, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU148270
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-81357
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass network access restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to server-side request forgery (SSRF) in the Visual Studio Code agent when processing attacker-controlled content that contains a specially crafted URL. A remote attacker can cause the agent to request a specially crafted URL to bypass network access restrictions.
User interaction is required to run the agent against attacker-controlled content.
Affected software
Visual Studio Code
How to mitigate CVE-2026-81357
Install security update from vendor's website.
Visual Studio Code - update to 1.136.2