CVE-2026-120782 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00346.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	Visual Studio Code Subscribe

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-120782

History

Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Improper control of generation of code ('code injection') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
Title		Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
First Time appeared		Microsoft Microsoft visual Studio Code
Weaknesses		CWE-863 CWE-94
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_code::::::::
Vendors & Products		Microsoft Microsoft visual Studio Code
References		https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-120782
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2026-11-10T18:21:41.006Z

Updated: 2026-11-12T21:48:51.795Z

Reserved: 2026-11-02T22:42:10.892Z

Link: CVE-2026-120782

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-11T01:44:36.009Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-10T19:20:27.370

Modified: 2026-11-11T02:17:10.310

Link: CVE-2026-120782

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-12T03:45:21Z

Weaknesses

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