Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Visual Studio Code - CVE-2024-26165
Published: March 12, 2024 / Updated: March 13, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87450
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-26165
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the Visual Studio Code, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Visual Studio Code
How to mitigate CVE-2024-26165
Install updates from vendor's website.
Visual Studio Code - update to 1.87.2