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Description

Relative path traversal in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-21 | Published 2026-05-12 | Updated 2026-05-20 | Assigner microsoft




MEDIUM: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Problem types

CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

0.4.0 (custom) before 0.4.19
affected

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41612 (Visual Studio Code Information Disclosure Vulnerability) vendor-advisory patch

cve.org (CVE-2026-41612)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-41612)

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