CVE-2026-57101Important
Visual Studio Code Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Assessment
Improper neutralization of input during web page generation ('cross-site scripting') in Visual Studio Code allows an unauthorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
- Severity
- Important
- CVSS base score
- 7.1CVSS:3.1/
AV:L/ AC:L/ PR:N/ UI:R/ S:U/ C:H/ I:H/ A:N/ E:U/ RL:O/ RC:C - Impact
- Security Feature Bypass
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 0.5%Higher than 39.1% of scored CVEs · FIRST model run 26 Sep 2026 · about EPSS
- Exploitability
- Exploitation Less Likely
- Publicly disclosed
- No
- Customer action
- Required: apply the update
- Component
- Visual Studio Code
- Weakness
- CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
- Issued by
- Microsoft
- Published
- 14 Jul 2026 · July 2026
- Last revised
- 14 Jul 2026
Updates that fix it
0 KBsNo KB listed
MSRC lists no downloadable update, which usually means a service-side fix or a release-notes update. Check the MSRC advisory.
Affected products
Developer Tools1 affected product
- Visual Studio Code